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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. Why does Ellie agree to come talk to Cameron?

2. In what city do they agree to have the fight?

3. Whose power does this man believe black people should accept?

4. As Tick shouts directions and questions, Jack shouts back comments and answers. Why does Jack stop?

5. Where are several things are going on, such as a dice game, bets on the outcome of the fight, and a performer in blackface performing for a group of fans unable to get into the arena itself?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jack respond when Smitty asks him if he is being so stubborn because he wants to keep the champion title a little longer?

2. What racist comments does the performer make?

3. What suggestion does Cap'n Dan give to convince Jack to take part in the fixed fight? How do the other men respond to this?

4. What is a complaint by one of the witnesses?

5. How does Treacher respond to these complaints?

6. How does the play begin?

7. What does Jack say, when he is finally allowed to speak?

8. How does the scene open?

9. How does this scene open?

10. Why does the crowd start booing during the fight between Jack and the Polish fighter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The play's theme is that integrity and self-respect have to come from within rather than an outside source.

Part 1) How is this theme revealed?

Part 2) How is this theme reflected in the behaviors and attitudes of the various characters?

Part 3) What literary devices are used to support this theme? How?

Essay Topic 2

Foreshadowing is used in this play.

Part 1) How is foreshadowing used in this play?

Part 2) Is this literary device necessary to this story? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does this foreshadowing affect the audience? Does it prepare them for what is to come? Does it add to the suspense? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Mrs. Jefferson reminisces about Jack's childhood.

Part 1) What are her memories? What do these memories reveal about Jack?

Part 2) How do her memories reiterate development's of the play's theme?

Part 3) What do her memories foreshadow? How does her reminiscing help to develop Jack's character and to flesh out his character?

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