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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 did one of the bottles cut Wright?

2. What does Mann ask to use at the Heartfield's house?

3. Who is the first member of the Heartfield family to recognize Mann?

4. Why do the boys make up words?

5. Where does Big Boy grab Bobo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Big Boy's friends not want to go to the swimming pool?

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

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

4. What happens to a black bellboy who has sex with a white prostitute?

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

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

9. Describe the confrontation between Mann and Heartfield.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Was the police's attitude toward black people largely responsible for white society's treatment of black people in general? What laws did black people have to obey in the South in comparison to whites? How has the relationship between the police and black people caused major problems in America in recent times?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the values of early 20th century America

1) How did the whites view blacks in the early 20th century?

2) What significant changes do you think occurred during this period that changed the way whites viewed blacks?

3) Does today's society share any values with early 20th century America?

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