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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 Taylor accuse Smith of doing?

2. What does the mob light the house with?

3. What does Silas do with the graphophone?

4. What does the sheriff use to break Johnny's knee?

5. What does Sarah dream she is being dragged into?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sarah think about on the hillside?

2. Why does Silas get angry in Chapter 15?

3. What does Johnny say he believes in in this chapter?

4. What does Taylor say in his speech?

5. How does Sarah stop her baby from crying in Chapter 14?

6. What problems does Sue have with Booker in Chapter 24?

7. What does Sue worry about in Chapter 22?

8. How does the sheriff break Johnny's ear drum?

9. What does Brother Bond say has happened to the Communists?

10. What idea does Sue have in Chapter 25?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Wright use character and setting to express his themes?

Essay Topic 2

Examine black masculinity.

1) In what ways did the whites oppress black masculinity?

2) How did the white man's oppression of black masculinity affect black men?

3) How have black men reacted to the oppression of their masculinity?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the differences between how Wright represents white characters and how he represents black characters.

1) In what way are Wright's representations of white characters unsympathetic? Are they too unsympathetic?

2) In what way does Wright suggest that any negative characteristics in a black person is down to their treatment by the whites? Is this an accurate representation?

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