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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. Where does the doctor suggest Mann take his family?

2. Who is going to give Big Boy and Bobo a lift out of town?

3. What does Big Boy ask the woman for?

4. What kind of songs do the boys sing?

5. Which member of the Heartfield family answers Brinkley's call?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Wright's co-workers at the factory contrive to get rid of him?

2. What does Bob say is the situation in town?

3. What are Big Boy and his friends doing in this chapter?

4. What does Wright say his mother taught him in the opening section?

5. Describe the confrontation between Mann and Heartfield.

6. What does Big Boy think about while he waits in the hole?

7. How does Mann die?

8. What problems does Mann have a the beginning of the chapter?

9. Why does the white hospital staff laugh in this chapter?

10. What happens to Mann when he gets to town?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine black femininity.

1) In what did the whites oppress black femininity?

2) How did the white man's oppression of black femininity affect black women?

3) How have black women reacted to the oppression of their femininity?

Essay Topic 2

What rules did the Southern whites enforce on the blacks? How did they blacks eventually manage to overturn such laws? How important were people like Richard Wright in highlighting the stupidity of such rules?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Wright's life. In what way do you think his life and personality are reflected in the book? How important was Wright in changing representations of black people?

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