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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 Dick give the workers for every hour that they are working?

2. What is the rainy month this year?

3. How many workers does Mary manage?

4. What destroys the tobacco crop?

5. Where is he waiting?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mary feel about Dick?

2. What does Moses do to help Mary? How does Mary feel about being helped by a native?

3. What does Dick suggest Mary to do feel better? How does Mary react?

4. How does Mary feel about the doctor's advise? How much does the doctor charge for his services?

5. Describe the state of Dick's farm.

6. How does Mary's condition change?

7. Why does Mary want to have children? What does Dick say about it?

8. Describe Dick's appearance and mood when Charlie visits him.

9. How are the Turners regarded in the community?

10. What is the first law of white South Africa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining the role of social pressure, social norms, social status, and social life in THE GRASS IS SINGING. Be sure to address how these factors influence characters throughout the story with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that discusses how the novel demonstrates the weakness of white rule in Africa. Be sure to address:

1) The dependence of whites on black labor.

2) The hypocrisy of white rule.

3) Moral arguments used in the novel, with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that serves as a plea for racial tolerance. Be sure to draw upon other major essays and papers on racial tolerance, bringing together a collection of ideas along with your own points into a coherent and compelling paper.

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