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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 was the first thing Jake Blount says when he wakes in Mr. Singer's room?

2. What does Dr. Copeland's daughter want them to stop doing?

3. What happens when Willie and Highboy came inside Dr. Copeland's home?

4. What happens to Singer after Antonapoulos was gone?

5. What did Mick want to do when she was standing with her arms spread out like wings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What impact does the situation with Hitler in Europe have on Harry and Mick?

2. Why were the black families so hard hit with problems during the month of February?

3. What happens to Mister Singer when he realizes his friend, Antonapoulos is dead?

4. Why does Mick get so upset about the way her homemade violin sounds when she tries to play it?

5. What was it that Biff Brannon and his sister-in-law, Lucille, disagreed on?

6. Why does Doctor Copeland want to contact Mister Singer?

7. What made Doctor Copeland different from most other African-Americans in the town?

8. What generally goes on inside Mick Kelly's head?

9. What place did Mick Kelly favor during her long walks at night, and why?

10. What bothered Doctor Copeland when he attended the family reunion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the statement Mick made in the story about how lonesome a person can be in a crowded room. Why was this true for her? Did this have anything to do with Mick's "inside" and "outside" rooms? If so, how did it relate to them?

Essay Topic 2

What is the difference between this Southern town and Northern towns of equal size? Does the location of the story make a difference in this story? Why? How would the story change if it took place in a different location? What would be lost from the story?

Essay Topic 3

Explain communism, fascism and capitalism. How do these relate to the story?

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