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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 the job include?

2. When does the policeman say Richard should not make deliveries to white neighborhoods?

3. What does Aunt Addie accuse Richard of eating?

4. What does Richard do to stop feeling so hungry?

5. In what way is Richard related to Maggie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Richard gets a flat tire on his bicycle?

2. What job does Richard find in Chapter 5?

3. Why does Richard get baptized in Chapter 6?

4. How does Richard's boss respond when Richard tells him he was bitten by his dog?

5. Why does Richard develop a bitter association between his father and hunger?

6. What happens when Richard makes a delivery to a white neighborhood in Chapter 9?

7. How does Granny injure herself in Chapter 5?

8. What does Richard eat for his meals in Jackson?

9. What does Richard do to raise money to move away from the South?

10. Why does Granny beat Richard with a wet towel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the relationship between education and racist attitudes.

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

2) How did education in the past help to develop racial attitudes?

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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