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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 hits Nillmon's windshield?

2. What is Nillmon's profession?

3. What game do Mack's parents play often in "A Harlem Game"?

4. What happens to old scout in "Scout"?

5. What happens if you curse the echo tree in "Echo Tree"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Fon," what hits Nillmon's car?

2. Who is Layton waiting for in "Goodbye, Sweetwater"?

3. What are Layton Fields' aspirations in "A Boll of Roses"?

4. What is Bubba's main objective in "The Crossing"?

5. Who saves Fon from lynching in "Fon"?

6. What do the crew pull out of the water in "Ark of Bones"?

7. What happens to the white people who talk their way into the club to hear Probe in "Will the Circle Be Unbroken"?

8. In "A Harlem Game," how does Mack's father treat him?

9. What is the reason the story "Double Nigger" is so titled?

10. Why does Mack hurt himself at the end of "A Harlem Game"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Dumas treat the topic of the interplay between advancing technologies and labor issues in the story "The Distributors"? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What do you think Dumas intends the blackbird to symbolize in "The Eagle the Dove and the Blackbird," and why do you think so? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What elements of magical realism can you identify and explain throughout this collection? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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