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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 emotional state does Eddie's commentary reflect about Mr. Kascher being the only good teacher he ever had?

2. What can Tom no longer afford his senior year?

3. Who does Eddie plan go to the sock hop with?

4. What does Eddie, as an adult, realize about Mr. Kascher?

5. In his graduation speech, what does Bishop Mandings suggest Eddie and the rest of his class do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the purpose of marriage, according to Chapter 11, Retreat Retreat.

2. What does Brother O'Connell tell Eddie, in Chapter 14, Late Bloomer?

3. Describe Eddie's whereabouts, in Chapter 16, Final.

4. How does Eddie buy his first car?

5. How has Eddie changed from the beginning of the book to the end?

6. What happens to Tom during his and Eddie's senior year?

7. What does one brother suggest for his students to do if they think of sin?

8. What is Felix Lindor interested in?

9. Why do two couples end up in the police station, at the end of Chapter 10, Chapter 10, Double Dating with Feliz Lindor?

10. Describe Smooth Eddie.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss what taking music lessons were a sign of for children during the 1950s and 1960s, according to Chapter 5, My Sister was a Piano Freak. Why might music, of all things, symbolize what it did for those children?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the indoctrination of the Catholic Church was during the 1950s and 1960s towards adolescents.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the teaching methodologies of St. Bremmer Catholic School for boys while Eddie was in attendance there. How do these methods affect the student's grades?

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