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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. Why do the boys make up words?

2. Where do Mann and Brinkley take the Heartfield family?

3. What kind of community does Wright live in in Mississippi?

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

5. Who meets Mann in town?

Short Essay Questions

1. What work do the black men do at the cement plant?

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

3. How does this chapter show the four teenage boys as innocent?

4. What happens to Wright when his boss tells him to deliver groceries to a white neighborhood after dark?

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

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

7. Describe the encounter Wright has with some white boys when he gets a flat tire.

8. How does Mann die?

9. What does Mann think about when he raises his ax to kill the family?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick a character from the novel and discuss his goals and motives. Does he achieve his motives? Does he share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do his goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the relationship between Communism and Christianity.

1) In what way is Communism the opposite of Christianity?

2) Why does Wright show Communism as a forward move for black people?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the relationship between education and racist attitudes.

1) How important is education in teaching children about the dangers of racism?

2) How has education played an important part in changing racial attitudes?

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