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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 is the principal's name at Bremmer High?

2. At Bremmer High School, what is strict for its time?

3. Which program houses the lowest rung students?

4. Who is assigned to the Honors Program?

5. What happens to Eddie and Una's relationship?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Bippo?

2. Describe Felix Lindor.

3. What does Bobbo decide it is time for and why?

4. Describe Brother Well.

5. Describe the four academic levels at Bremmer High School.

6. Describe the transformation in Eddie, in Chapter 5, My Sister was a Piano Freak.

7. Why is Eddie failing Latin and Algebra?

8. How does Eddie feel about destroying the piano?

9. Describe Eddie's grades after his first few months at Bremmer.

10. Describe the safest type of dating, according to the Catholic Church in the 1950s and 1960s.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain what Una represents to every adolescent boy. How is Eddie and Una's relationship the epitome of high school romance?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss what having a car meant to the Catholic adolescent boy. How does owning a car, give the reader a glimpse into his or her own adolescence?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how the introduction of Eddie in Chapter 1, Ready? helps the reader better understand the conflict and theme of Do Black Patent-leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?

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