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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 Joseph tell Tish in Section 4?

2. What does Mrs. Rogers refuse to do in Section 3?

3. Who is Galileo Santini?

4. Where do Tish and Fonny go after they sign their lease in Section 4?

5. What does Hayward ask Tish and Sharon for in Section 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Fonny react when Tish tries to defend him to the police officer in Section Four?

2. What does Fonny do when he drops Tish off at her home in Section Three?

3. Who is Mr. Hayward and how is he described?

4. What happens while Tish is buying tomatoes in Section Four?

5. What does Hayward learn about Daniel when he is finally able to visit him in jail in Section Four?

6. What does Mr. Hayward say about Officer Bell in Section Three?

7. How are Joseph and Frank physically described in Section Four?

8. How does Hayward treat Tish and Sharon when they visit him in Section Three?

9. How does prison impact Daniel?

10. How does Tish describe her pregnancy in Section Four?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Fonny change over the course of the novel? What causes this change?

Essay Topic 2

Select and analyze the role of two different secondary characters in the novel, outside of the Hunt or River's family. How do they impact the novel? What do they help to reveal about the other characters or the larger theme?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the role of motherhood in the novel. Consider how Sharon, Mrs. Hunt, and now Tish mother.

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