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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 relationship does Gertrude have to Irene?

2. Whom else did Clare invite to tea?

3. What has Junior been hearing at school?

4. Who will be in danger if Irene speaks up to John Bellew?

5. What does the conflict between Brian and Irene indicate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Brian tell Irene about someone who can pass for white?

2. Where does Irene travel to the day after her meeting with Clare? How does Irene first respond to Clare's note?

3. How was Clare secretive when she ran into Irene?

4. What do Irene and Brian discuss on the way to the printer's business?

5. What made it easy for Clare to pass as white?

6. After Clare and Irene run into each other at the hotel, when do they plan to meet again? How does Irene really feel about seeing her again?

7. What are John Bellew's real feelings about black people?

8. When did Clare disappear from the Chicago neighborhood where she and Irene lived?

9. How does Irene react to John Bellew's cruel words?

10. What name does John Bellew, Clare's husband, call his wife? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss John Bellew as a character and how he impacts the story.

a) How is John obnoxious?

b) How does he show that he's a racist? How is that ironic?

b) How does he treat his wife?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the emotions Irene displays in these chapters.

a) Why does she drop the tea cup?

b) Why doesn't she confide in Hugh Wentworth about her suspicions?

Essay Topic 3

Summarize Part 3, Chapters 3 and 4 which are the concluding chapters of the book.

a) How does Irene feel when she runs into John?

b) What does she regret not telling him?

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