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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. For how long does Lucius think the car can travel?

2. What is Ned's job?

3. How many times does Boon try to shoot Ludus?

4. What is Ballenbaugh's?

5. What is Boon supposed to do with the car when he returns from town?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Grandfather's purchase of the automobile show him to be a proud man?

2. What does Lucius learn about Binford?

3. Why did Grandfather purchase an automobile?

4. Describe Ballenbaugh's.

5. Describe Boon's character.

6. What does Lucius feel after he has driven the vehicle?

7. How does the final scene in Chapter 4 express the theme of racism?

8. What does Lucius learn during the novel?

9. Why does Ned feel so at ease with the prostitutes?

10. Why can Boon not lock the automobile in the garage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the relationship between Lucius and Ned. Do you think they are more friends than master and servant? What does that say about the changing racial attitudes in south at that time? How different do you think their relationship would have changed if they met again today?

Essay Topic 2

Why do the students think first person point of view is not necessarily reliable? What moments in the story do the students think are not so reliable and why? How different would the story be from another character's point of view? Would the story have different themes?

Essay Topic 3

How do you think black men were emasculated during slavery? What affects do you think this had on black men when slavery was finally abolished? Do the students think these affects are still apparent today? How has black masculinity developed since the time of the novel?

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