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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 is the mayor waiting for Taylor?

2. What has Silas gotten more of in this section?

3. What does Sue tell the Sheriff to do?

4. What does Sue say she now puts her faith in?

5. Whose feet does Sue hear tramping through the yard?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sarah know Tom?

2. What does Sue worry about in Chapter 22?

3. What does Sarah think about on the hillside?

4. What are Hadley and Green worried about in Chapter 18?

5. What does Brother Bond say has happened to the Communists?

6. What does Taylor say in his speech?

7. What does Pastor Dan Taylor think about at the beginning of Chapter 17?

8. How does Sue react to the white men in her kitchen?

9. What does Johnny say he believes in in this chapter?

10. What does Taylor say about his past in Chapter 17?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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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