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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 does Piri draw Rocky as?

2. What area of the South do Piri and Brew travel to?

3. In what city does Piri go with two octoroons to have sex?

4. Where were Little's punches doing the most damage to Piri?

5. What kind of blood does Piri say they all have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Piri's routine at Sing Sing prison?

2. Why does Rocky want to fight with Piri?

3. Describe the fight between Piri and his father in Section 7.

4. What are Piri and Brew's plans in Section 5?

5. What do Piri and his family say to each other the next morning?

6. Describe the argument between Piri and his brother, Jose.

7. How does Piri become addicted to heroin?

8. What work does Piri find in Section 7?

9. Why must Piri and Brew sit at the back of the bus?

10. Why does Little say he did not throw more punches at Piri's midsection?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Piri's writing style. How would you describe his prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Piri's style give to his story?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following and examine how it helped Piri to focus on improving himself as a person while in prison:

1) Prison routine

2) Denial of parole

3) Religion

Essay Topic 3

What major events had a profound affect on Piri's life? How did they change him?

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