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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. Which best describes Lutie's fears about Bub's and Lil's relationship?
2. What does Boots invite Lutie to do?
3. What does Bub contemplate while his mother is gone to sing for the orchestra members at The Casino?
4. What is Jones calling out in Lutie's nightmare?
5. After returning home from her drive with Boots, what does Lutie discover in her closet?
Short Essay Questions
1. The author paints Jones as an obsessive character. He snoops around Lutie's apartment fantasizing about her and bothering her possessions. What does this behavior seem to foreshadow?
2. Considering Lutie's failed marriage and Jim's inability to provide for his family, what sort of future does Boots offers Lutie?
3. How do Boots' responses to how he gets gas and how he avoided the draft serve the reader? What is the reader able to gather about Boots from his answers?
4. How does Jones's decision to kick Min out after visiting Lutie's apartment reflect his mental instability?
5. Chapter 1 outlines the dynamics of Lutie's household. Lutie's father's girlfriend, Lil, has Bub lighting her cigarettes and tasting her gin. How does Lil's behavior reflect and amplify Lutie's fears for her son?
6. How does Lutie's grandmother's insistence that the butchers in Harlem use embalming fluid to give their meat a nice fresh color reflect her grandmother's overall view of life?
7. How does chapter 3 illustrate the racism and sexism faced by Lutie? Provide at least 1 example of each.
8. Why does Lutie refuse to wear the blouse crushed by Jones?
9. Describe what Junto's means to the different people in the neighborhood.
10. How does Min's relationship with Jones reflect the relationships in her past?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In three or more paragraphs analyze the purpose of the following characters: Mrs. Hedges, Min, and Junto. Remember to consider their purpose in conjunction with the novel's theme. Once you've analyzed their purpose, comment on their effectiveness as characters. Has the author accomplished her goal with them? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
While Boots can certainly be considered a shady character, he has done far less to harm Lutie than either Jones or Junto. Why then do you believe it is Boots who Lutie ends up harming? Do you think this was a deliberate act on the part of the author? If so, what point was she trying to make? Did she succeed in making it?
Essay Topic 3
Has Ann Petry written a successful novel? If so, what qualities deem it so? If not, what qualities prevent its success? Support your answer with evidence from the text and your own prior knowledge.
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