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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. Why does Annjee have to give up the money she was saving for Sandy's Christmas?

2. Sandy really wants _________, but the best his mother can do is to get Mr. Logan to build him one.

3. Old Sister Johnson had lived through slavery, and after being freed, she and a large number of other blacks started up a town called _____________.

4. Afterwards, they had to buy their books and Sandy looked forward to coming home and doing what?

5. That night the white people came in, evicted the blacks of this town and did what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Annjee decide to do in "One by One?" Why does she decide to do this?

2. How does Sandy react to Tempy's gift? Why does he react this way?

3. How does Hager show she is a determined woman in this chapter?

4. Why is Jimboy returning home? Does Aunt Hager believe him? Why or why not?

5. How did Hager believe the blacks should deal with white oppression? Do you agree with her? Why or why not?

6. How did Jimboy react to Sandy's lying? How did this affect Sandy? Why was he affected in this way?

7. How does Aunt Hager react to Harriet and Sandy going to a dance? Why does she react this way?

8. What is the purpose of "White Folks?"

9. Why did many black people have to leave Stanton?

10. What did Sandy do with his collection plate money? Why did he do this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Most of the characters in this story are women.

Part 1) Why might the author have made most of the characters women? What generalization can you make about these women? What generalization can you make about the men in the story? How do the women compare to the men? What does this reveal about the culture of the time and the author?

Part 2) What might this story have been like if most of the characters were men? Would it be different? Why or why not? Why has the author put an importance and an emphasis on women, especially considering the author is a man?

Part 3) Compare these women to the women in your own life. How are they similar? How are they different? What might account for these similarities and differences? Although most of the characters are women, can men relate to these characters? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

A bout of the mumps changes Sandy's life.

Part 1) Describe this event in the book. Why is this period of Sandy's life so influential? Why had this not taken place before? Why does it have such a lasting effect on Sandy?

Part 2) What other events drastically change the characters in this story? Why are these events so powerful? How important are these events to the plot and outcome of the story?

Part 3) What event has occurred in your life that has had a lasting effect on you? How have you been affected by it? How might this one event change the course of your future?

Essay Topic 3

Many characters in this book suffer.

Part 1) Describe the suffering that takes place in this book. Why does it take place? How do the different characters deal with this suffering? What does this reveal about them? How are the characters affected by it? How does this suffering affect the plot of the story?

Part 2) Does such suffering exist today? If so, where and why? If not, why not? Describe a time when you have suffered. How did it affect you?

Part 3) How can suffering be beneficial? How do the characters in this story benefit from suffering? How has your own life benefited from suffering?

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