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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 Fonny tell the Rivers when he brings Tish home in Section 3?

2. What is the date set for Fonny's trial?

3. Who do Ernestine and Tish decide should be the one to go to Puerto Rice?

4. What is the first question Joe asks Fonny when Fonny says he wants to marry Tish?

5. What does Daniel say the white man has to be, in Section 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hayward treat Tish and Sharon when they visit him in Section Three?

2. How does Joe respond when Fonny tells him he plans to marry Tish, in Section Three?

3. What do Tish and Ernestine discuss at the bar in Section Three?

4. What does Tish find out about Mrs. Rogers in Section Three?

5. What does Fonny do when he drops Tish off at her home in Section Three?

6. What does Hayward tell Sharon and Tish about the Hunt women, in Section Four?

7. What do Fonny and Daniel talk about while Tish is out getting food, in Section Three?

8. How does prison impact Daniel?

9. How does Tish describe Hayward's office in Section Three?

10. How does Tish describe her pregnancy in Section Four?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the role of fatherhood in the novel. How do Joseph, Frank, and even Fonny father? What does fatherhood mean to them?

Essay Topic 2

What does Tish and Fonny's baby symbolize in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

What does the ending of the novel mean? Consider the possible options and use the final page of the book for evidence to support your answer.

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