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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. Why does Brian become angry?
2. Clare can pass as _________.
3. Irene thinks that what group of people cannot tell what race she is?
4. Where does Nella Larsen become a shining star?
5. What does Brian advise Irene to do relative to Clare?
Short Essay Questions
1. When did Clare disappear from the Chicago neighborhood where she and Irene lived?
2. Where does Irene ask Brian to drive her to? What business does she intend to take care of?
3. How do Irene and Gertrude feel after they leave the meeting with Clare and John?
4. What does Clare tell Irene in the note she sent to Irene?
5. What name does John Bellew, Clare's husband, call his wife? Why?
6. What do Clare and Gertrude fear about each of their pregnancies?
7. How was Clare secretive when she ran into Irene?
8. Whom else did Clare invite along when she meets Irene? What do Clare and the other guest have in common?
9. What does Clare dislike about being able to pass for white?
10. How does Brian respond to Irene's concerns about Junior?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Summarize Part 1, Chapter 2 which recalls the last time Irene and Clare were together.
a) What does Irene recall in a flashback episode about Clare?
b) How did they run into each other?
c) Why didn't Irene recognize her at first?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss John Bellew as a character and how he impacts the story.
a) How is John obnoxious?
b) How does he show that he's a racist? How is that ironic?
b) How does he treat his wife?
Essay Topic 3
Describe how racism is introduced into the story.
a) What does Irene remember about Clare "passing"?
b) What conflict between the two is foreshadowed?
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