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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 does Tony say kept him from telling Ginny the truth?

2. What cartoon character is on Joe's mother's slippers?

3. Who opens the door of their grandparents' house?

4. What does Ginny show her mother when she arrives at the art gallery?

5. What does Ginny's father tell her stories about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ginny's father tell her about his own childhood?

2. Why is it ironic that Baron Samedi temporarily possesses her mind?

3. What is Ginny's three pronged mission?

4. What does Helen confide to Ginny?

5. What does Ginny find out about Joe Chicago in this section?

6. Why is Ginny so embarrassed when she meets Mr. Chalmers?

7. What does Ginny think Joe's jacket means?

8. How does Ginny's mother react when they meet?

9. Why does Ginny think art is a disease?

10. Why can't Ginny feel anger towards her father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How has being the black girl in her town affected Ginny and her sense of identity? How has she managed to cope with being the outsider? What positive effects has it had on her character?

Essay Topic 2

How does Robert become an important part of Ginny's life? What does he help Ginny find out more about herself?

Essay Topic 3

How does it affect both Robert and Ginny when they hear their Grandparents are racist? In what way does it show the difference between Ginny and Robert? What kind of environment would Ginny's Grandparents been brought up in to have such beliefs?

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