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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 does Big Boy hide in?

2. Where does Brinkley have to ferry people away from?

3. What kind of neighborhood does Wright deliver groceries to?

4. What did Wright's mother do when Wright told her about his injury?

5. How is Will related to Peters?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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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