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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 the last piece of mail the family receives at their house?

2. What food does Francie give to Jesse when he comes to her house?

3. Which of the following do Mama and Francie NOT hear after returning home?

4. Why does Mama need to quickly leave Auntie's house and return home?

5. What do the sheriff and the deputy help themselves to in Francie's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Clarissa Montgomery drive to Francine's house on the night the men and the dogs are searching for Jesse?

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

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

10. Why is Francie's mother worried about Francie's taking food to Jesse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of struggle. Identify at least two instances about struggle in the book and then cite examples to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Explain Karen English's use of regionalism in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of regionalism and explain why the author used them where she did.

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