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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 do Taylor and his people march to?

2. Why does Taylor not enter the white church?

3. Who does Sue shoot through the sheet?

4. Who is at Sue's door?

5. What does the sheriff ask Sue?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do the men break Johnny's knees?

4. What does Sue see when she first gains consciousness?

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

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

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

8. Why does Silas get angry in Chapter 15?

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

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 whites' oppression of black people.

1) In what way could it be said that it was to the whites' benefit that they keep the black people down?

2) How much of the oppression was pure racism and how much was it due to fear? What did the white man fear?

3) In what way could it be said the equality between races has benefited society?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the differences between how Wright represents white characters and how he represents black characters.

1) In what way are Wright's representations of white characters unsympathetic? Are they too unsympathetic?

2) In what way does Wright suggest that any negative characteristics in a black person is down to their treatment by the whites? Is this an accurate representation?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the relationship between education and racist attitudes.

1) How important is education in teaching children about the dangers of racism?

2) How has education played an important part in changing racial attitudes?

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