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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. In "Come Get Me," what do Jackie and Tookie have to drink together?

2. What does Asema say was the white person's name for the young woman who wrote the book Flora stole?

3. How many apartments have been carved out of the house that Tookie used to live in with her mother?

4. On March 5, 2020, how many cases of the virus are there on a cruise ship?

5. When Hetta goes to where Floyd dies, who goes with her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jackie tell Tookie about wearing red?

2. What playlist does Tookie make, and how does Flora respond?

3. What is Haskell and why is Louise excited to read there?

4. What does Hetta do when Tookie says she is baking cookies, and how does Tookie respond?

5. In "Haunted City," what how do Hetta and Asema dress for the protest?

6. In "May 30," why does Tookie not make a grand exit after yelling at Pollux?

7. In "Burning the Ghosts," what does Tookie burn and why?

8. In "The Boulevard," what does Hetta remember happened during the march?

9. What type of dog does Roland Waring have, and where did he get the dog?

10. Why does Tookie go back out shopping after her first trip at Target?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Tookie's relationship with her mother and how that effects Tookie as an adult.

Essay Topic 2

The setting in a book is the place or places where the action takes place. Where does the story take place? Is the setting simply a backdrop to the story and characters or does it take on the role of a character?

Essay Topic 3

Pollux is Tookie’s husband. How was Pollux raised? What jobs has he held? What is his relationship like with Tookie and with Hetta? What do those relationships reveal about his character?

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