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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 name is given to the Black section of Chicasetta?

2. To which of the following does Ailey compare herself?

3. Who is the first Belle calls after Geoffrey dies?

4. As which of the following does the novel gloss the name Boukie?

5. What does Ailey’s father prescribe for her menstrual cramps?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Root dislike homecoming at his college?

2. What offenses does the novel note prompted the transportation of English criminals to Georgia?

3. What prompts Ailey to reconcile with Chris Tate instead of with David James?

4. What does the novel imply is the meaning of “siddity”?

5. Summarize the story Helen tells Aggie about menstruation.

6. Why does Ailey note she lost her desire for school in high school?

7. How does Lydia justify moving from the room she shares with Ailey into Coco’s room?

8. Why does Ailey suggest summering with Claire in high school?

9. Why does Root delay his arrival after Pearl dies?

10. What occasions Geoffrey’s holiday outburst at his mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what genre other than literary fiction might The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

What function does the back matter serve for the novel? How is that effect achieved?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

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