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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. Describe Stacey's reaction to an apology he receives in Chapter 3.

2. Which characters run back to the house to get help during the hunt?

3. What is the name of the man tending to the store in the first chapter?

4. What brings the group of friends together in November?

5. What is the name of the store that appears in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship between the members of the Logan family.

2. What is the author's purpose in the reverend's death?

3. Describe Sissy.

4. What character(s) foreshadow trouble in the novel's future?

5. Describe Sissy's behavior after she determines that she is pregnant.

6. Describe the laws in the story and how you think mention of the laws is foreshadowing.

7. What does Stacey's truck represent?

8. Describe Jeremy's situation as of Chapter 3.

9. What is Statler's goal?

10. Describe the story's historical perspective.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are whites juxtaposed in the book? What are the differences between the different whites portrayed in the book? How does the group of friends react to each group? Why?

Essay Topic 2

What is the historical context of the story? How does the setting, in 1941, differ from the present? How would the story be different if the story occurred in present-time instead of in 1941?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Cassie refer to Solomon as her "Memphis Prince"? How does he compare to the other men in her life? What characteristics does Solomon share with a fairy tale prince?

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