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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 does Anne contact when she is out of money?

2. How does Anne try to make a good impression at her new college?

3. What impresses Anne about her new college?

4. What city does Anne want to go to to finish high school?

5. Who is Anne surprised to see at her graduation ceremony?

Short Essay Questions

1. What turns Anne away from God in Chapter 25?

2. Why does Anne stay on the campus after college has finished?

3. How does Anne show her strong nature when she joins the basketball team in Chapter 17?

4. Describe the march in Chapter 29.

5. How does O'Quinn's death affect Anne?

6. How does Keemp and Anne's relationship develop?

7. How does President Kennedy's death affect Anne?

8. Why is Anne disappointed with the march in Chapter 24?

9. Why is the car ride with Reverend King so tense?

10. What happens to Anne and her friend at the bus depot?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Moody's character to her mother's character. What are their similarities and differences? What did Anne learn from her mother? How did Anne's mother's situation and personality motivate her?

Essay Topic 2

Look at the structure of the book.

1) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's ideas?

2) Examine the way Moody uses other people in the story to express her ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the demonstrations Moody describes in the book and examine how impact this event had on the Civil Rights Movements as a whole. What was the public's initial reaction to the demonstration? What media attention did it receive?

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