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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. What does Antonapoulos seem most interested in doing?

2. What does Dr. Copeland try to teach Negro parents?

3. What does Mick suddenly realize about her father in Part 2, Chapter 1?

4. What happens to Singer after Antonapoulos was gone?

5. Who is Biff Brannon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changed about Biff Brannon's feelings for Mick?

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

3. What three things does Antonapoulos like to do most?

4. What place did Mick Kelly favor during her long walks at night, and why?

5. What is happening with Mick in the opening of Part 2, Chapter 14?

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

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

8. What happened as Mister Singer got more acquainted with the people in the town?

9. What is the difference between Jake Blount and Doctor Copeland's feelings about inequality of the races and the power of the rich?

10. What characteristics did Biff Brannon have that may have seemed in conflict, yet after the death of his wife flourished?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the kind of relationship Mick Kelly has with her family, especially her mother. Why doesn't Mick confide in her parents about her dreams? What happened to the close relationship she once had with her older brother? Why does Mick seem closest to her younger brothers? At one point in the novel Mick keeps asking her brother Bubber/George if he loves her. Why was it so important to her that he love her not just because she was his sister?

Essay Topic 2

Explain communism, fascism and capitalism. How do these relate to the story?

Essay Topic 3

Who is the main character of the novel and why? What about the protagonist and antagonist?

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