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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. What is Mama doing in anticipation of Daddy's arrival?

2. What does Mama give to Francie and Prez?

3. How does Francie know that Jesse has eaten the food she left?

4. What does Francie's mother use on her hair to straighten it?

5. What is the last piece of mail the family receives at their house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Mama's characteristics that allow her to take charge and create a new life for her family in spite of all the obstacles in her way.

2. What advice does Miss Lafayette give Francie about helping Jesse?

3. What has Mama brought home from Green's for herself, Francie, and Prez?

4. What is the content of Daddy's letter? How does the family react to it?

5. What does Francie see the Bascombs doing as she sneaks through the woods?

6. Why does Clarissa run the risk of bringing Prez and Perry home?

7. When does Francie become sure that Jesse is hiding in the woods?

8. What impact has Francie's father's not arriving had on the family?

9. What arrives in the mail that lets Francie know that Jesse has made it to California?

10. What does Jesse tell Francie about what happened with Mr. Bellamy and why he is in trouble?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a brief character study of Jesse. What did he look like? What were his positive personality traits? What were his dreams and fears? What was most valuable to him in his world?

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Mama. What did she look like? What were her positive personality traits? What were her dreams and fears? What was most valuable to her in her world?

Essay Topic 3

What is the greatest lesson Francie learns from Jesse? Is it true that important lessons are also painful ones? What will Francie always recall about Jesse? How was she able to reach out to him that summer?

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