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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 is with Mrs. Jefferson?

2. About what does the performer joke?

3. What does Jack do when Clara clings to him?

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

5. What do the men say a good White Hope could do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who confronts District Attorney Cameron?

2. What does Goldie think about Jack dating Ellie?

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. Describe the interaction between Jack and the Young Black German Man.

5. Why does Jack say he does not need to warm up?

6. Of what does Mrs. Bachman say people are afraid?

7. Why are Jack, Ellie, and Goldie in a diplomatic office in London, England?

8. Why does Jack call Ellie honey?

9. How does Clara act during the procession? Why does she act this way? How do others react to her behavior?

10. What do Cap'n Dan, Smitty, Pop Weaver, and Fred say about Jack's publicity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mrs. Bachman is Ellie's mother.

Part 1) How is she affected by Ellie and Jack's relationship? Why?

Part 2) What is the purpose of her soliloquy?

Part 3) Based on what you know about her, how might she have reacted to Ellie's suicide?

Essay Topic 2

Mrs. Jefferson dies.

Part 1) How is her death foreshadowed? How are others, especially Jack, affected by her death?

Part 2) What do other characters in her funeral procession represent? How do you know this?

Part 3) How does the scene in which Mrs. Jefferson's funeral procession take place symbolize a larger sadness and frustration?

Essay Topic 3

Jack and Ellie perform scenes from Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Part 1) What is Uncle Tom's Cabin? Why is this significant?

Part 2) What does this performance reveal about Jack? How does it echo events in previous scenes?

Part 3) Is this performance an effective way to indirectly reveal what is happening to Jack's character? Why or why not?

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