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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 attends the lecture with Jones and Alice?

2. Where is Elsie from?

3. What do the police officers discover in Jones' car?

4. Why does Jones say he doesn't confront Madge?

5. What stops the conversation between Jones and Madge?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Jones finds himself at the San Pedro precinct in Chapter 21?

3. Why does Jones decide to kill Stoddart in Chapter 21?

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

5. Why does Jones run away?

6. What does Jones talk about with Herbie?

7. What does Houghton tell the court?

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

9. What are Alice's thoughts on segregation?

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

In what way could it said that Jones makes own problems? What is Himes' views on Jones as a person and how does he express these views?

Essay Topic 3

What are the meanings of Jones' dreams? What meaning do the dreams bring to the story?

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