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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 Sarah dream she is being dragged into?

2. Whose feet does Sue hear tramping through the yard?

3. What do the sheriff's men throw over Sue?

4. What is the title of the song Sue sings in this chapter?

5. Where does Taylor say he wants to lead his people?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Taylor say in his speech?

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

3. How does Sue react to the white men in her kitchen?

4. What is Johnny-Boy doing in Chapter 21?

5. What conflict does Sue have in Chapter 25?

6. Describe the confrontation between Sue and the sheriff in Chapter 23.

7. What does Sue worry about in Chapter 22?

8. What does Sarah think about on the hillside?

9. Why does Silas enter the room in a good mood in this chapter?

10. How do the men break Johnny's knees?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 religious connotations in the book.

1) How does Wright represent black people's relationship with Christianity?

2) Why does Sue change her Christian faith for Communism?

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