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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. How does the young man respond when Jack turns to him and asks what winning is going to do for him directly?

2. Who says that the black man did not fight "like a man" in a match in Australia?

3. How does the crowd react to Jack's arrival?

4. How does Jack respond when Smitty asks whether Jack really thinks he can win?

5. What does Ellie sleepily imagine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is decided about the fight?

2. Who waits with Mrs. Jefferson as she is waiting for news from Jack's trial?

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

4. What is taking place outside the arena in Reno?

5. How does the audience react to this performance?

6. What racist comments does the performer make?

7. How does the scene open?

8. How does Jack respond to Ragosy's request? What is Ellie's reaction?

9. How does the reader know that Jack is worried about money?

10. How does Mrs. Bachman end her monologue?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Contrast exists throughout several scenes in this play.

Part 1) Describe these contrasts. How do these contrasts enhance the story?

Part 2) What is the purpose for these contrasts?

Part 3) What do these contrasts reveal about real life?

Essay Topic 2

Jack throws the fight.

Part 1) Why does he throw the fight? How does this represent the black community?

Part 2) How does he leave his opponent? Why is this significant?

Part 3) What does this say about Jack and his life from here on out? Use the text to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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