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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 Jackie's dad offer her?

2. What feeling does Jackie say she cannot get rid of?

3. How long has Terry been clean when he goes to visit Jackie?

4. What honor does Evelyn's great grandfather have?

5. How many siblings does Jackie have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Renard mean when he says there are different ways to leave a person?

2. How does Terry's addiction affect Jackie?

3. Why did people not believe that Sybil would go to law school?

4. How does Evelyn feel in Renard's presence?

5. Why does Jackie feel Sybil is being condescending when Sybil kisses her cheek?

6. Why does Jackie make fun of her parents?

7. How do Ruby's food choices relate to her emotions?

8. What does Jackie like the most about her new job?

9. Evelyn says that Renard completes her. What example does she give?

10. How is Renard's physical appearance described, and why is this important to the story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

World War II is going on during the first section of this novel. Write an essay citing examples from the text regarding different characters' opinions of Black Americans in the war efforts. Provide a quote from at least one character.

Essay Topic 2

T.C. is searching for something to make him feel better, and he expresses that selling drugs is soothing to him. Write an essay explaining how and why a stressful, illegal enterprise can feel good to T.C.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining how the Jim Crow era that Evelyn lived through has affected her children and grandchildren as they come of age in their own timelines. Include whether or not racial disparity still exists today.

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