1. Test Review Your test is on Wednesday, 11/28.
Black Literature Unit
Test Review
Your test is on Wednesday, 11/28.

2. Question 1
Among the slaves she led to freedom, what name was Harriet Tubman known by?

3. Question 2
Why did Harriet Tubman lead the slaves to Canada and not stop in the northern United States?

4. Question 3
What was the main danger in allowing a runaway slave to turn back and go to the plantation?

5. Question 4
What was Thomas Garrett’s role in the Underground Railroad? (think of the video we watched)

6. Question 5
What is the main idea of William Still’s records about the Underground Railroad?

7. Question 6
What does the phrase “shadows of chains” in “Brown vs. Board of Education” mean?

8. Question 7
How was segregation different in the North and South from the end of the Civil War to the early 1950s?

9. Question 8
What ruling was given in the 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson case about school facilities?

10. Question 9
Who headed the N.A.A.C.P. legal team in the Brown vs. Board of Education case?

11. Question 10
What did the black and white dolls experiment by the social psychologists reveal?

12. Question 11
What is the purpose of Martin Luther King’s “American Dream” speech?

13. Question 12
What historic document does King claim reveals the American dream?

14. Question 13
Explain the paradoxes that King claims exist in America. (The American Dilemma)

15. Question 14
When King quotes Bob Hope, what is the tone of his speech?

16. Question 15
What is the difference between a “neighborhood” and a “brotherhood,” according to King?

17. Question 16
“Ain’t you got nobody home to tell you to wash your face?” “No’m,” said the boy. What do these lines reveal about Roger?

18. Question 17
“Then it (Roger’s face) will get washed this evening,” said the large woman starting up the street, dragging the frightened boy behind her. What do these lines reveal about Mrs. Jones?

19. Question 18
Mrs. Jones tells Roger he should have asked her for money for the shoes: “The boy looked at her. There was a long pause. A very long pause.” What does the pause show about Roger?

20. Question 19
What was the theme of “Thank You, M’am”?

21. Question 20
Readers conclude, by the end of the story, that Mrs. Jones trusts Roger. What events support that conclusion?

22. Question 21
“Alone and empty in the mornings, it looked like an unopened present from a stranger.” What literary device is being used in this quote from “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and what does the quote mean?

23. Question 22
How is Mrs. Flowers a model of “the measure of what a human being can be” when she explains her “lessons on living” and the importance of education to Marguerite?

24. Question 23
For what reason does Mrs. Flowers instruct Marguerite to read aloud and in as many different ways as possible?

25. Question 24
How does Mrs. Flowers serve as a “lifeline” to Marguerite?

26. Question 25
Who is Marguerite Johnson?

27. Open Ended Response
The author describes Mrs. Flowers as “the lady who threw me my first lifeline.” Explain why Mrs. Flowers helped Marguerite. Use at least 3 details from the story for support.