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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. Who calls early in Chapter 23?
2. In Chapter 23, what is Joan wearing when she hears the phone ring?
3. How long did it take the jury during Derek's trial to issue a guilty verdict?
4. Where were Myron and Hazel married?
5. In Chapter 19, what does Hazel bring Myron for lunch?
Short Essay Questions
1. What role does Hazel play in her mother's business?
2. Who calls in Chapter 23, and what decision is made after the call?
3. Why does Miriam want Joan to be a doctor?
4. In Chapter 22, how does Miriam hear about the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon?
5. When Joan is a junior in high school, what art class is she taking?
6. What shop is a staple in the North Memphis neighborhood where Hazel lives?
7. How does Myron propose to Hazel and how does she respond?
8. What are August, Miriam, and Joan doing in Chapter 24, when the doorbell rings after two in the morning, and who do they find at the door?
9. What are the conditions like when Hazel's mother sends her to the store in Chpater 13?
10. How does Mya react when the World Trade Center towers fell and the Pentagon was attacked?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in Memphis: A Novel? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in a book? How do the allusions Stringfellow uses help readers’ understanding of characters or concepts?
Essay Topic 2
August is Derek’s mother. What type of relationship do August and Derek have? Why has August had to rearrange her life around her son? Why does August feel that she has failed her son?
Essay Topic 3
Poverty and crime are endemic in the North Memphis neighborhood where the Norths live. How do poverty and crime affect the Norths and the neighborhood where they live?
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