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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Miss Leah ask when she joins Fannie and Wil in Act 2, Scene 4?
2. What alternative does Frank think can also hurt Sophie?
3. What does Fannie pressure Minnie to do regarding Frank?
4. What does Fannie offer Frank in Act 2, Scene 5?
5. What happens to Miss Leah's children after she is free?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose either Nicodemus, Memphis, New Orleans, or London. Compare and contrast what the civil liberties as it were in the 1890s to today's civil liberties. Is there progress? How much? What did it take to create such progress?
Essay Topic 2
Manipulation is seen time and again throughout the play. Find examples and explain how manipulation is used by everyone good and bad.
Essay Topic 3
Research Kansas as it was in the 1890s and write about what daily life is like for an African American there. How well do the characters in the play portray the average black person in Kansas of those times?
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