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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 did Jesse take from Mr. Bellamy's farm?

2. Miss Beach asks Mama if she can work for two weeks in the ____________________.

3. Who will store the family's possessions when they leave?

4. What writing is on the label of Mama's jars?

5. Where does Clarissa Montgomery find Prez and Perry hiding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What plans has Mama made for the family?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the overall setting for the story. Why does the author use the setting she does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

What is the greatest lesson Francie learns from Mama? Is it that important lessons are also painful ones? What will Francie always recall about her experiences during her twelfth summer?

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