A. Characters are not as important as plot.
B. Presentation is objective.
C. Ordinary language is used.
D. Events are plausible.

A. To help the other inmates escape.
B. To win money by fighting.
C. To do what the other inmates were afraid to do.
D. To keep the Blacks and Whites separated.

A. The ability of an African American to live as a White person.
B. To do well on one’s schoolwork.
C. To leave one’s past behind.
D. To gain approval from one’s community.

A. Betrayal by the educational system.
B. Betrayal by her sister.
C. Betrayal by her community.
D. Betrayal by a family member.

A. Its fractured, collage effect.
B. Its insistence on plot.
C. Its focus on landscape.
D. Its focus on modern city life.

A. She almost died in childbirth with her first child.
B. She doesn’t want to lose her figure.
C. Her husband has threatened to leave her.
D. She is afraid it may have dark skin.

A. Supplying them with narcotic eggs.
B. Letting them choose their own mates.
C. Freeing the males after they are hosts.
D. Paying them very well.

A. Having a bathroom with warm water.
B. Following one’s dreams.
C. Getting food on the table.
D. Finding a mate.

A. Negro spirituals being sung in the cotton fields.
B. The call and response of an African American church congregation.
C. African American toasting on a city street corner.
D. Blues being played in a Harlem bar.

A. She tries to pass as White.
B. She washes clothes for White women.
C. She lets a man help her out.
D. She marries a Black man.