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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 Tick tell Ellie to stick around?

2. What does Cameron say about the charges that could be brought against Jack?

3. Tick enters with the news that Jack has been fined and sentenced how much?

4. What does Ellie sleepily imagine?

5. Why does Jack call Ellie honey?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Goldie respond when he sees Ellie?

2. What takes place at the beginning of this scene?

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

4. Why is a group of black people collecting signatures and money?

5. What does Smitty say when he enters the scene?

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

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

8. Why do a group of rangers arrive?

9. 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?

10. What is Cameron's response to these complaints?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The physical fight between Jack and the White Hope is symbolic.

Part 1) What does it symbolize?

Part 2) How does this fight affect everyday citizens? Why?

Part 3) How does this put large amounts of pressure on the fighters? How do they feel about being symbols?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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