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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 food does Mama take for the trip?
2. What job does Francie give Prez?
3. Who will Juniper stay with when the family leaves?
4. Which of the following does NOT describe Jesse when he appears at Francie's house?
5. What is the name of the town where Francie lives?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Mr. Early? Why is he so intent on capturing Jesse?
2. What impact has Francie's father's not arriving had on the family?
3. What has Mama brought home from Green's for herself, Francie, and Prez?
4. How do Francie and Prez get food to Jesse in the woods?
5. What makes Francie run away from her job at Miss Rivers' home and what does she tell her mother about it?
6. What is the content of Daddy's letter? How does the family react to it?
7. What stresses does Francie experience? Why are they particularly trying for a young girl?
8. What are the stresses that Francie's mother is experiencing now?
9. What plans has Mama made for the family?
10. What advice does Miss Lafayette give Francie about helping Jesse?
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
Describe Clarissa. What is her role in the story? What was the author trying to accomplish by developing Clarissa's character in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Explain the role of black women in the American South in the mid-20th century. What precedents did these women feel compelled to follow? What restrictions did they have? What freedoms did they have that 19th century women did not have? How were their lives significantly more difficult than the lives of their mothers and grandmothers?
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