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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 Hayward suspect about Daniel after visiting him in jail?

2. How old is Daniel?

3. What does Fonny tell the Rivers when he brings Tish home in Section 3?

4. Where is Fonny when Tish gets groped in Section 4?

5. What question does Joseph ask Tish when Fonny tells him he plans to marry her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tish dream in Section Three?

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

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

4. How does prison impact Daniel?

5. Who is Levy and how does he respond to Fonny's arrest?

6. What do Joseph and Frank discuss at their meeting in Section 4?

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

8. What do Tish and Ernestine discuss at the bar in Section Three?

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

10. How does Ernestine respond to the news that Fonny and Tish plan to marry, in Section Three?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do the characters in this novel have agency? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What does Tish and Fonny's baby symbolize in the novel?

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