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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. Who does Mann kill in this section?

3. Where does Big Boy grab Bobo?

4. What does Big Boy ask the woman for?

5. Where is Mann shot?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How do Big Boy's parent react when Big Boy tells them he has shot a white man?

6. Describe the confrontation between Mann and Heartfield.

7. Describe the confrontation between the boys and the couple in Chapter 5.

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

9. Describe the fight between Big Boy and Bobo.

10. Describe Wright's work as a bellboy.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

All the stories in the book are written in the third person. Why do you think Wright chose to write in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the book would change if it were written in the first person?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the differences between the Jim Crow system and slavery.

1) What were the differences between the Jim Crow system and slavery?

2) In what way does Wright present the Jim Crow system as hypocritical and no better than slavery?

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