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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. Who escorts Corrie back to town?

2. How much does Otis demand for riding the horse?

3. What does Boon complain about that Corrie is not doing in this chapter?

4. What part of the horse does Ned say does not want to run?

5. How much did Otis charge children to watch Miss Corrie?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ned train the horse?

2. In what way does the content in this chapter show Lucius as still a child?

3. Why does Ned question the officer for his arrest?

4. What does Corrie's character symbolize about women during the early 1900s in southern America?

5. How do the characters get the horse onto the train in Chapter 7?

6. How can Lightning win the race?

7. Describe Otis.

8. What is Ned's plan in Chapter 10?

9. In what way does Chapter 8 show the immense pride of the novel's black characters?

10. What information does Lycurgus give Lucius in Chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Lucius and Boon.

1) What is their relationship with their parents?

2) What is their relationship to each other?

3) Do you think Boon feels inferior to Lucius? How does this affect their relationship.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the southern Gothic genre.

1) What are the typical plot, character, and settings of the genre?

2) How has the genre developed over the years?

3) In general what thoughts and feeling does the southern Gothic novel express?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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