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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. What kind of animal does Big Boy see come out of the kiln?

2. Who is the main character in this chapter?

3. What city does Wright move to in this section?

4. Who is the first person Big Boys tells about what happened?

5. Which of the following subjects is Wright not allowed to talk about with his white employees?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Big Boy and Bobo get home after Big Boy shoots the army officer?

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

4. How does Mann die?

5. What job do the soldiers give Mann at the beginning of this chapter?

6. What happens to Mann when the Heartfield family identifies him as the killer?

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

8. Describe the confrontation between Mann and Heartfield.

9. How do people in the clothing store react to the black women being beaten?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss differences between the novel and short story formats. What are the main elements of a novel? What are the main elements of an short story? What can Wright not express in a short story that he can in a novel? How does Wright use these limitations to his advantage?

Essay Topic 2

Examine black masculinity.

1) In what ways did the whites oppress black masculinity?

2) How did the white man's oppression of black masculinity affect black men?

3) How have black men reacted to the oppression of their masculinity?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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