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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 Jones ask Alice in Chapter 19?

2. What kind of act does Jones say Madge goes into when he meets her at the end of Chapter 15?

3. What kind of girls does Jones reminisce about?

4. What are Madge and Jones interrupted by?

5. What is the white boy's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jones dream about at the beginning of Chapter 18?

2. How does Don help Jones in this section?

3. How does Jones' anger build to wanting to kill Stoddart?

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

5. What does Jones think about when he wakes up from his dream in Chapter 18?

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

7. What are Alice's thoughts on segregation?

8. What does Jones talk about with Herbie?

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

10. Describe the conversation between Alice and Jones.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Alice's views of the Negro problem differ from her parents' views? Why do they have such a difference in opinion?

Essay Topic 2

What would have happened to Jones if Madge hadn't dropped the charged? How much does Jones' attitude go against him in such a trial? In what way could it be said that Jones is not entirely innocent of the charges?

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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