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Jennifer LathamA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key plot points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.
Reading Check
1. Why is Rowan walking to the District Attorney’s office?
2. What is found near the servants’ quarters in Rowan’s backyard?
3. Where does Will confront an African American male?
4. What clues do Rowan and James find in Rowan’s backyard?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. How does the encounter between Will and Clarence relate to the novel’s theme of Racialized Violence and Intersections of Privilege?
2. How does Rowan feel about being Black?
Paired Resources
“The United States Prohibition of Alcohol”
“The Speakeasies of the 1920s”