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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 do the Mexicans say Jones already looks like?

2. Who taunts Jones in Chapter 21?

3. What do the white and black boy fight with in Jones' dream?

4. What does Jones think will happen no matter what he does?

5. What does Jones pick up as a weapon before he confronts the white boy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jones' dream at the beginning of chapter twelve?

2. Describe the conversation between Alice and Jones.

3. How does Don help Jones in this section?

4. Why does Jones decide not to confront Madge in Chapter 16?

5. What are Alice's thoughts on segregation?

6. Describe the phone conversation between Alice and Jones in Chapter 16.

7. What does MacDougal Jones in Chapter 20?

8. How does Madge react to Jones breaking into her apartment?

9. What are Elsie's opinion of black Southerners?

10. How does Jones say Madge makes him feel in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

What are the arguments for and against segregation? What are the arguments for and against integration? Why did people decide integration was the way forward?

Essay Topic 3

What kind of life were black people leading in 1940s America? Choose one of the black characters in the book and discuss how that character symbolizes the changes occurring in forties America?

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