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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Simone and Claude are jogging and arguing, what does she say him from in "The Prairie Executioner #2"?

2. How many Black reporters are there on the Prairie Executioner?

3. What luggage does Claude take on the bus when he leaves for college?

4. How is Chester Dexter injured his sophomore year at Ohio State?

5. When does Janice say that she and Claude last spoke in "Reunion"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Prairie Executioner?

2. In "Sociology #1," what does Claude feel about conversations on campus as he walks to the journalism office?

3. In "Reunion," what does Janice look like?

4. At the end of "Ohio," what does Paul tell Claude after dinner about leaving?

5. In "The Prairie Executioner #2," what does Claude do when he goes back to his dorm room?

6. Why does Claude try to call Janice in "Interlude"?

7. Why has Janice come to Missouri?

8. Who is Charles Doyle, why does Paul fight him, and what happens when Paul fights him?

9. What does the sociology professor want students to call him, and how many students call him by his preferred name?

10. Where are Claude and Simone to work at the journalism office, and how is their space set up?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Allusions are figures of speech. What are allusions? How does the author use allusions? How can allusions be ambiguous references to people, places or things? Why might allusions be difficult for readers to understand and connect to ideas?

Essay Topic 2

Claude decides to attend college in Missouri. Why does Claude decide to attend college in Missouri? Why does he feel that he has to leave Chicago?

Essay Topic 3

The author uses historical details in the novel. How does the author use historical details in the book? How do the details that the author uses in the book about Chicago imitate events from real life?

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