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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 do Mann and Brinkley take the Heartfield family?

2. Who are the last people to leave on the boats?

3. Which of the following is not the name of one of Big Boy's friends?

4. Where does the doctor suggest Mann take his family?

5. Who tries to follow Lulu's body?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mann die?

2. How does Mann help the Heartfields in Chapter 12?

3. How do the boys give the made up word "quall" meaning?

4. Describe Wright's work as a bellboy.

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

6. Why do Wright's co-workers at the optical factory not like him?

7. What violence does Wright witness in the clothing store?

8. How does Big Boy deal with the dog that finds him?

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

10. How does Mann help out at the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the connotations of the word "nigger."

1) What is its original meaning and what has it come to mean?

2) Why is it now considered so wrong to use?

3) Do you think the word has become too powerful?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Examine Wright's writing style. How would you describe his prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Wright's style give to his story?

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