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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. Bull becomes a regular at what diner?
2. What does Ben really want to do when he grows up?
3. What does Lillian say when Ben asks if she loves Bull?
4. Who is Colonel Hedgepath?
5. Why does Bull go to speak to the local Catholic priest?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Bull begin having breakfast at Hobie's Grill?
2. Why does Mary Anne believe neither she nor Ben will ever be writers?
3. Who is Arrabelle Smalls and why has she come to the Meecham home?
4. Why does Bull sign his children up for Catechism classes?
5. Who is Toomer? Why does Ben believe his mother encouraged him to go fishing with Toomer?
6. What does Mary Anne throw at Bull?
7. On the first day of school, who goads Ben into fighting with Red Pettus? Why?
8. In Chapter 7, what does Bull do to wake his family? Why?
9. Why do both the Meecham children's mother and grandmother plead with the children to behave on the road trip to South Carolina?
10. Why does Ben challenge Bull to a basketball game?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is Sammy Wertzburger? How is Sammy significant to the story? What does Sammy's friendship mean to Ben? How does this friendship change Ben? Is this Ben's first close friend?
Essay Topic 2
Why does Lillian never leave Bull? Does Lillian love Bull? Does Lillian condone Bull's behavior toward her and the children? Is Lillian an abused wife? List some examples of this abuse. Is Bull abusive toward the children? Why does Lillian not do more to protect her children? What does this say about Lillian's personality?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of racism. What examples of racism are there in this novel? How does racism affect the characters of the novel directly? Indirectly? What characters are motivated by racism? What characters are affected by racism? Why?
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