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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. What does Wright see on the floor in the back room?

2. What does the soldier want back from Mann?

3. What drink do the boys offer Wright when he takes a ride in their car?

4. Where did one of the bottles cut Wright?

5. What do Wright's co workers accuse him of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Big Boy and his friends doing in this chapter?

2. What happens to Mann when the Heartfield family identifies him as the killer?

3. What job do the soldiers give Mann at the beginning of this chapter?

4. How does this chapter show the four teenage boys as innocent?

5. How does Mann die?

6. Why do Big Boy's friends not want to go to the swimming pool?

7. What does Bob say is the situation in town?

8. What work do the black men do at the cement plant?

9. How do Big Boy and Bobo get home after Big Boy shoots the army officer?

10. Describe the confrontation between Wright and the night watchman.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Wright's life. In what way do you think his life and personality are reflected in the book? How important was Wright in changing representations of black people?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the values of early 20th century America

1) How did the whites view blacks in the early 20th century?

2) What significant changes do you think occurred during this period that changed the way whites viewed blacks?

3) Does today's society share any values with early 20th century America?

Essay Topic 3

Pick a character from the novel and discuss his goals and motives. Does he achieve his motives? Does he share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do his goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

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