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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. On which day of Kwanzaa does Scooter deliver a television to Ailey?

2. Which of the following is quoted at the beginning of IX?

3. Which of the following does the author note her mother published?

4. Which of the following describes the voice of Lydia’s husband, Dante?

5. Which of the following is emphatically off of the menu at the restaurant Velma runs?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rebecca regard Ailey’s presence in their common graduate program?

2. How does Coco become aware of Ailey’s duplicity?

3. Why does Aggie cut Eliza Two’s face?

4. Why does Ailey hesitate to focus on the Pinchard family for her work in Whitcomb’s class?

5. How is Ailey enrolled as Oludara’s research assistant?

6. What occasions the death of Samuel’s father?

7. How does Lydia dissuade Dante’s uncle from inserting himself into their nuptials?

8. What is the last thing Lydia sees before dying?

9. Why does Root note having avoided reading the Pinchard family papers?

10. What explanation is given in the novel for the hindered growth of many enslaved women and girls?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the title of the novel. Explicate its significance against the text of the book.

Essay Topic 3

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

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