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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. Irene recalls a trip to what city?

2. Brian and Irene's marriage is vulnerable to ____________.

3. What does Brian say about black people who pass for white?

4. What does Irene order at the hotel?

5. Who are Nella Larsen's parents?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Irene Redfield's recollections as she reads the letter from Clare Kendry?

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

3. What does Clare dislike about being able to pass for white?

4. What are Irene's plans about meeting Clare? How does she wind up meeting her?

5. What is Irene's intention in bring up Junior's problems?

6. How does Brian and Irene's trip to the printer's business turn out? Who leaves mad?

7. What biased talk offends Irene when she meets with Clare and Gertrude?

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

9. What do Clare and Gertrude fear about each of their pregnancies?

10. Who interrupts Irene when she is reading Clare's letter? What did the letter keep her from doing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Summarize Part 1, Chapter 2 which recalls the last time Irene and Clare were together.

a) What does Irene recall in a flashback episode about Clare?

b) How did they run into each other?

c) Why didn't Irene recognize her at first?

Essay Topic 2

Summarize Part 1, Chapter 3 which describes how Clare and Irene renew their relationship.

a) Why is Irene reluctant to meet with Clare?

b) How does Clare convince Irene to accept her as a friend?

c) What are signs that Clare is very aggressive?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how racism is introduced into the story.

a) What does Irene remember about Clare "passing"?

b) What conflict between the two is foreshadowed?

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