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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. Out of what do the Home Economics students practice making hamburger patties?
2. What is Bix's stepfather doing as Jerome leaves?
3. What does Bix's stepfather say affected Bix's relationship with his mother?
4. What changes with Bix as he plays with the lantern?
5. What does Jerome realize one night when he is practicing?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Jerome find a new place to practice basketball?
2. What does Bix do in the Home Economics class that is disturbing?
3. How is Jerome's Home Economics class helping him and what are his brothers' reactions?
4. How does Jerome's lantern come to be called Spin Light?
5. How does Jerome discover who is at "his" court one night?
6. What does Jerome tell his momma about Bix and what is her response?
7. How does Jerome feel going down the path to the court at night and what exacerbates those feelings?
8. What is Jerome surprised to see when he arrives at the basketball court?
9. How long of a break is there when Jerome and Bix do not see each other, and what does Jerome do as far as practicing basketball in the meantime?
10. Who wins the best pie contest and what are the girls' reactions?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose one of the following to discuss:
1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in The Moves Make the Man. Are these universal symbols? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other symbols that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Brooks chooses the symbols he does?
2. Choose two important metaphors and trace and analyze their appearance in the novel. Are these universal metaphors? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other metaphors that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Brooks chooses the metaphors she does?
3. Discuss Brooks's use (or lack ) of literary device (such as foreshadowing, clifthangers, deux ex machina, etc...), and how they add or detract from the story. Does Brooks use too many or too little literary techniques? State which of the five major elements of fiction the literary device is related to (style, character, plot, setting, theme).
Essay Topic 2
1. What is foreshadow? How many incidences of foreshadow are in The Moves Make the Man? How does foreshadow contribute to a book's suspense?
2. Discuss an example of foreshadow in The Moves Make the Man including why you believe it is foreshadow. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.
3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from The Moves Make the Man and your own live to support your opinion.
Essay Topic 3
Jerome's first appearance in Home Economics class, is an interesting moment because there is the sense that the girls are thrown not so much by his being black as by his being male. In other words, race is less of a big deal here than gender, a somewhat surprising situation given the narrative's clear focus on issues related to racism.
1. Why do you think the girls in Home Economics are more concerned about Jerome being male rather than being black? Use examples from The Moves Make the Man and your own life to support your answer.
2. With research explain whether you think boys taking a Home Economics class in the 1960's is realistic and why you support whichever side you think is true. Use examples from The Moves Make the Man and your own life to support your answer.
3. Do you think there is any difference in the way the girls feel about Bix being in the class than in Jerome being in the class? Why or why not? Use examples from The Moves Make the Man and your own life to support your answer.
This section contains 1,191 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
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