Flyin' West Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 146 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Flyin' West Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 146 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 Frank hate about the U.S.?

2. Who is the last to get out of bed the day after Minnie arrives?

3. What does Sophie carry with her on her way back from grocery shopping in town?

4. Who does Minnie want Sophie to show her work to?

5. What does Frank give Fannie as a gift?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Nicodemus and its people. How do they feel about one another? What feelings do one from there?

2. Frank quickly passes Fannie and Miss Leah but stops to talk with Sophie. Why does he react so differently with the women?

3. How do so many black people end up in Nicodemus, Kansas? What are they all looking for?

4. What vision does Sophie have for Nicodemus?

5. Frank is a mulatto, half black and half white. What does this status offer Frank in privileges and consequences?

6. What changes are seen in Sophie from the beginning of the play to the end?

7. At first, Sophie is adamant about convincing Minnie she needs to stop this abuse. Suddenly she stops talking and walks away. What does Minnie say to offend Sophie so much?

8. Sophie and Fannie give Minnie a deed to a third of the property for her 21st birthday. How do Minnie and Frank react to the gift?

9. What does Miss Leah continue to do with Minnie's daughter that she is most famous for?

10. What is Minnie thinking while Frank beats her up in Act 2, Scene 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Interview or find first-person accounts of someone of mixed race. What struggles does this person have in regard to their background? What particular experiences did the person go through because he/she is of mixed race? Does it depend on where and when the person lives and grows up? Does it depend on the parents' influence and how they approach the subject to their child? Are any of the issues seen today the same as when Sophie and Frank were born? What struggles do Sophie and Frank face that mixed race children do not have to deal with anymore?

Essay Topic 2

Miss Leah convinces the household to murder Frank with an apple pie rather than shoot him outright. Explain how this is preferable and why it might not work today.

Essay Topic 3

Ethnic pride is a monumental topic in "Flying West." Explain why ethnic pride is so important in general and why in the black community in particular.

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