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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. Who is Charlotte Anne?

2. What does Betsey search the sky for in Chapter 5?

3. What does Betsey often think about?

4. Which word describes the girl who wants Betsey to teach her to double-dutch?

5. How many buses does Betsey have to take to get to her school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jane's reaction to Bernice appearing?

2. Describe Betsey's father, Greer.

3. What makes Betsey feel good about herself?

4. Describe Susan Linda and her home.

5. Why does Jane enjoy the neighborhood that she lives in?

6. Describe Betsey's first day at the "white school."

7. How does Jane react to Greer's request to take the children to a demonstration?

8. In what way is Chapter 13 a transition chapter?

9. Describe the Brown family in the first chapter.

10. Why does Betsey feel that her runaway name should be Cora Sue Betsey Anne Calhoun Brown? Where does she get this name?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Betsey become the self-proclaimed "Negro Queen of the Veiled Prophet Parade"? What does Betsey mean in doing so? What does it represent in a view of society?

Essay Topic 2

What is Carrie's role in the story? What does Carrie do to either please or anger the family? What opinions does the family have of her, and why? How does this change the family dynamic in the home?

Essay Topic 3

How does the author use dialect to convey a message about the characters? What message is conveyed? Why is dialect important to the story? Would the quality of literature change if the unique dialect were stripped from the story?

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