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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. Which of the following women does Louis know he loves?

2. What does Charles ask Johnson that Plinkett witnessed?

3. Why does Harold say that his prices have to be higher in some stores than others?

4. What name does Fredricka prefer not to be called?

5. For what does Nelson claim to be a sucker?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Harold's wife, Ruth, demand he do and if he doesn't follow through, what does she say will happen?

2. What does Clair talk about during her part of the dinner?

3. Who is Nelson Reed and what does he become?

4. What does Leon say that causes her to call her husband a bigot?

5. What does the narrator say that he is enough of a realist to accept?

6. What happens when Charles interrupts his attorney's summation?

7. Describe the character Clair as seen through Louis's eyes.

8. What does Jed Jones say happened after he heard the shots?

9. Where does this story take place?

10. What does Paul do after months of silence at the mental hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"Why I like Country Music" - In what ways is square dancing used as a symbol of differing world views? What are these views? Which view do you best relate to and why?

Essay Topic 2

"Problems of Art" -The story ended with the reader learning that Mrs. Farragot had indeed been drinking. Did you find this surprising? Why or why not? Do you think she was drunk the night of the incident? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

"The Faithful" - In this story, the main character views his community (the black community) as being divided by their family origins. Do you agree that family origins can divide a community? Why or why not?

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