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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. This chapter goes back in time to provide the reader with information about events. This technique is called _________________.
2. What does Mame tuck into Christmas' pocket?
3. What do the other mill workers discover that Joe Christmas has been doing?
4. What does Christmas take from the McEachern house?
5. What does Christmas do with the answer to #77?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why has Lena left her home in Alabama?
2. Two men give Lena a ride in their wagon but one of them is especially concerned about what people might say. What misgivings do the men have about the situation?
3. Why does Christmas take Mrs. McEachern's hidden money as she watches him do it?
4. Why does Christmas know that something is going to happen to him on this night?
5. How does trouble find Byron anyway?
6. The author uses the literary technique of a flashback at this point in the book. What purpose does this serve?
7. What internal conflict does Christmas begin to experience this night?
8. How does the dietician attempt to thwart disaster in the toothpaste incident?
9. How does Christmas realize that racial prejudice is not as strong in the North as it is in the South?
10. How do the other men at the planing mill learn more about Christmas' background?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the mixed feelings Christmas must have when he trades the woman for the shoes of the black man and can feel his black blood manifesting itself in the physical world.
Essay Topic 2
Faulkner is a master at literary devices. Choose three examples of symbolism, metaphors, etc., and briefly describe them and identify the technique which they embody.
Essay Topic 3
Racism is a major theme in the book and is Joe Christmas' main source of personal angst. Why does Christmas not just claim to be a white man to make his life easier? Why does he persist in declaring his partial black blood which only creates more problems for him?
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