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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 was it surprising to find Aunt Hager this way?

2. What job is Sandy offered?

3. What did Sandy win?

4. Why does Sandy go to the red-light district?

5. The Pool Hall in the summer was lively and full of black people. Why?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Sandy to avoid lower-class women?

2. Why does Sandy want to move to Chicago?

3. How does Hager react to the unfair treatment of Sandy and his friends? Do you agree? Why or why not?

4. How has Harriett grown up? How is this revealed in what she says to Sandy and Annjee?

5. How did Sandy benefit from having the mumps?

6. What does Sandy get from working in a barber shop?

7. In "Children's Day," how does inequality even affect African American children?

8. How has Harriett changed since she left home for the last time?

9. How does the reader learn Hager's importance in the community?

10. What has happened to Hager in "Note to Harriett?" Why might the title be named after the note sent to Harriett?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A carnival and revival take place on the same day only a half mile apart.

Part 1) Describe the events surrounding this carnival and the revival. Why has the author put both of these events on the same day near each other? What does this reveal about the characters and the culture at the time?

Part 2) How might people act today if there were both a carnival and church revival on the same day? Would the reaction be the same? Why or why not?

Part 3) How are these two events similar? How are they different? What do they have to say about how people spend their leisure time? What does it also say about one's priorities in life?

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

Sandy is told to not trust women.

Part 1) Who tells Sandy not to trust women? Why do they tell him this? What does this reveal about those who told Sandy this? What does it reveal about men at this time? What does it also reveal about women? Would women at this time agree that they are out to trick men? Why or why not? Do you believe that Sandy should beware of women? Why or why not?

Part 2) How does inequality between the sexes and the vast differences in social classes influence the beliefs of these men and the actions of women? If there were more equality, would there be more honesty and trust between men and women? Why or why not?

Part 3) Does Sandy listen to these men? If so, why and how? If not, why not? Does this lack of trust exist today? Explain. Do you trust the opposite sex? Why or why not?

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