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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. Where does Jeremy go first after Moe's attack?

2. What benefits do the whites have in this story?

3. Where does Cassie take a bath?

4. What does Clarence hit his head on?

5. What is not working with Stacey's truck in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jeremy's redemption?

2. Describe Cassie's education.

3. Describe Clarence's fate.

4. Describe the whites encountered by the group in Chapter 7.

5. Describe Solomon.

6. What is Cassie's involvement with Moe attacking the boys?

7. Will Moe be able to evade police? Why or why not?

8. What do you think will happen in Chapter 9 of the story as a result of the events of Chapter 8?

9. What is one element of culture shared between the whites and blacks in the story?

10. Which characters have an altered fate as a result of the Pearl Harbor attack?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does manipulation play in The Road to Memphis? Which characters are manipulative? Which characters confront manipulation? What events result from manipulation?

Essay Topic 2

What is the historical context of the story? How does the setting, in 1941, differ from the present? How would the story be different if the story occurred in present-time instead of in 1941?

Essay Topic 3

How are whites juxtaposed in the book? What are the differences between the different whites portrayed in the book? How does the group of friends react to each group? Why?

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