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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. In what month did Ginny and Paul get married?

2. How many of the seven wanted posters are of blacks?

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

4. Why does the judge's secretary tell him he must shine at the meeting?

5. For what is Charles on trial?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Redeemer's friends as he sees them.

2. When Mrs. Richards bets a woman is fattening Louis up for the fry, about what does Louis think?

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

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

5. What does the narrator say great literature has given way to?

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

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

8. What are the Foster's doing because it was recommended and because they are tired of tourism?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"Widows and Orphans"- How does Louis view Clair? How does Clair view Louis? In what ways do these two views coincide? In what ways do they differ?

Essay Topic 2

"Problems of Art" - In what way does this story deal with the fate of blacks in a white-controlled judicial system? Do you believe Mrs. Farragot was wise to insist on a white attorney? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

"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?

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