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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 does Joseph decide should be the one to tell Frank about the baby in Section 2?

2. What is Fonny's last name?

3. Who are Adrienne and Shelia?

4. Where is Fonny at the start of Section 1?

5. Where do Tish and Fonny live?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Section Two, What is Frank's impression of Fonny's lawyer?

2. How does Tish respond when Adrienne says to her, "I can't believe that you are that stupid" in Section Two?

3. How does Ms. Hunt respond to the news that Tish is pregnant with Fonny's baby, in Section Two?

4. How does Sharon respond when Tish tells her she is pregnant in Section One?

5. How do the workers at the Spanish Restaurant end up playing a big role in Tish's life, as she explains in Section Two?

6. In Section Two, how do the Rivers decide to tell the Hunts about Fonny and Tish's baby?

7. How does Tish describe Fonny's pad in Section Two?

8. In Section One, what is the reason Tish gives for family not attending church?

9. How does Tish describe the sculpture that Fonny gives Sharon?

10. According to Tish in Section Two, why does Ernestine know their father better than she does?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the theme of suffering exist in the novel? Consider different ways that the characters suffer and why.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the Rivers family and the Hunt family. How are each a product of their environments?

Essay Topic 3

Do the characters in this novel have agency? Explain.

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