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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. Which of his personal belongings did the salesman leave in the bedroom?

2. Who does Bonds say the police have put in jail?

3. What does the sheriff threaten to do to Johnny?

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

5. What does Sue tell the Sheriff to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the sheriff break Johnny's ear drum?

4. Describe the confrontation between Sue and the sheriff in Chapter 23.

5. What problems does Sue have with Booker in Chapter 24?

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

7. What does Sue worry about in Chapter 22?

8. How does Sarah stop her baby from crying in Chapter 14?

9. What does Taylor instruct his wife to do in Chapter 18?

10. What does Taylor imagine having the strength to do in Chapter 19?

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

Discuss the connotations of the word "nigger."

1) What is its original meaning and what has it come to mean?

2) Why is it now considered so wrong to use?

3) Do you think the word has become too powerful?

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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