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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. In July, where does Mr. Singer go to visit his friend?

2. What does part of Biff almost wish?

3. What about Jake Blount seems to stand out most to Brannon?

4. What does Jake Blount say about Mr. Singer after he first meets him?

5. What was on the written on the card that Mr. Singer gave Jake Blount?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the four people, Mick Kelly, Jake Blount, Doctor Copeland, and Biff Brannon visit Mister Singer so often?

2. What had changed about Mick Kelly as she sat in the restaurant on the evening of August 21, 1939?

3. What does Biff Brannon do as he stands behind the cash register in Part 1, Chapter 2?

4. Why were the black families so hard hit with problems during the month of February?

5. In what ways do Portia and her father differ in their reaction to Willie's punishment in prison and the loss of his feet?

6. Why does Jake insist on going to visit Willie after hears about the young man's situation?

7. Why did Mister Singer arrange a special trip to visit Antonapoulos before his vacation?

8. What question was plaguing Biff Brannon as he watched Mister Singer, Jake Blount, and Mick Kelly together?

9. Why is Doctor Copeland being forced to move from his home?

10. What does Blount want even more than a job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the statement Mick made in the story about how lonesome a person can be in a crowded room. Why was this true for her? Did this have anything to do with Mick's "inside" and "outside" rooms? If so, how did it relate to them?

Essay Topic 2

Why were the conversations with John Singer were mostly one sided. Was it mostly because he was deaf, or because they other characters were content just having someone to talk to?

Essay Topic 3

Why did John Singer keep his hands in his pocket. What would have happened if he had kept them out of his pockets? Did keeping his hands in his pockets create another mystery about him, or an elusiveness?

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