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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. What word from Chapter 7 means a frequent visitor to a place?
2. What city does the narrator compare to “a beauty spot on the face of the earth” in Chapter 9?
3. What city does the narrator say “stands for the conservatism, the solidarity, the utilitarianism” in Chapter 9?
4. The narrator states in Chapter 10, “It is the spirit of the South to defend everything belonging to it. The North is too” what “for such a spirit”?
5. What is not allowed at the “Club,” according to the narrator in Chapter 7?
Short Essay Questions
1. How realistic are the hardships faced by African Americans as depicted in the narrative?
2. Who hires the narrator as a patron in Chapter 7? What does the narrator do for his employer?
3. What have critics noted in regard to the relationship between the millionaire and the narrator in the novel?
4. How does the narrator respond to the events surrounding the widow in the end of Chapter 8?
5. How does the narrator describe the patrons of the club where he plays music in Chapter 6?
6. With whom does the narrator form a friendship on the ship to Boston in Chapter 10? What do they discuss?
7. How is the millionaire described by the narrator? What does he look like?
8. What does the narrator get in exchange for his work for the millionaire in Europe? What are his impressions of the continent?
9. What happens to the wealthy widow in Chapter 8? Why?
10. How does the narrator describe the draw of New York in Chapter 6? What imagery is used?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the narrator’s perception of personal identity when he arrives in Florida. How is his perception of the African Americans here different than in Georgia and in Connecticut? In what ways does the narrator incorporate himself into Spanish-speaking society in the South? How is he perceived by this ethnic minority?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the Civil War, the Reconstruction Era of the United States, and the settings of Georgia and Connecticut during this time period. Where in Georgia does the narrator live with his mother? How does he describe his home and the people in his childhood community? What details does he describe of his father?
Essay Topic 3
Define and identify motif in literature, and the motifs in the narrative. How does violence apply to the novel as a motif? In what ways does the narrator associate violence with the African American community? How does this differ from the white community?
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