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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. Who/what is waiting for Mama and Francie when they return home?

2. What is the name of Francie's dog?

3. What is in the box that Mama has brought home?

4. What did Jesse take from Mr. Bellamy's farm?

5. What does Prez tell Miss Mabel when he sees her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mr. Early? Why is he so intent on capturing Jesse?

2. Why is Francie disheartened when she sees Alberta again?

3. Where does Jesse say he is headed? What does Francie do to try to protect him for the night?

4. How do Francie and Prez get food to Jesse in the woods?

5. What are the stresses that Francie's mother is experiencing now?

6. What preparations does Francie make for helping Jesse after she returns from visiting Auntie?

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

8. What makes Francie run away from her job at Miss Rivers' home and what does she tell her mother about it?

9. What impact could Francie's protection of Jesse have for the whole neighborhood?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a brief character study of Francie. 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 2

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?

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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