Joe Turner's Come and Gone Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 119 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Joe Turner's Come and Gone Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 119 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. When will Selig come again?

2. What do lenders want from Seth?

3. How does Bynum say that Seth looks?

4. What does Bertha want Seth to make her?

5. What does Bynum compare Jeremy to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Reuben say the ghost he saw did and said?

2. To what does Seth attribute Selig's ability to find people?

3. Describe Bynum's meeting with the shiny man.

4. Describe what Reuben says he still has from Eugene and what he plans to do with it.

5. Why does Seth say he wants Jeremy to get his guitar?

6. When Bynum presses Loomis, saying "then...what happened," what does Loomis tell about his vision?

7. What does Mattie tell Loomis when he says he needs to find a starting place?

8. Why doesn't Seth like Herald Loomis?

9. What does Bertha advise Mattie about Bynum?

10. What does Bynum say about to Mattie luck?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of women in the play.

1) Discuss Molly's attitude toward sex, money, and freedom. Where does this attitude come from? Is Molly healthier or happier than the other women in the play?

2) Discuss Mattie's reliance on a man in the play. Why does she need a relationship and children?

3) Discuss Bertha's role in the play. Why is Bertha always shown in the kitchen, cooking? What role does she have in her marriage with Seth? Is their relationship a healthy one?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss enslavement in the play.

1) What different types of enslavement are there in the play? How is Bynum's binding an enslavement? Is being in a relationship enslaving? Is religion enslaving?

2) In what ways is Loomis still enslaved by his seven years' labor for Joe Turner? What long-term effects does enslavement have on the characters?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss hope in the story.

1) Why do the freed slaves come north to Pittsburgh? What does Seth think and say about their hope for a new life? How accurate is Seth's opinion?

2) Do the characters have hope during the play? Do any of the characters, such as Loomis, Jeremy, or Mattie, gain hope? What do they hope for?

3) What role does hope play in life and happiness in the play? Is hope helpful or harmful?

(see the answer keys)

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