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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 Bix do the next week at school?
2. What does Jerome's mother want Jerome to do with what he wins?
3. How long is it before Jerome sees Bix again after the disagreement about moves on the court?
4. What happens in Jerome's Home Economics class the next week?
5. How does Jerome calm Bix?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Jerome feel going down the path to the court at night and what exacerbates those feelings?
2. How does Bix seem in the Home Economics class?
3. How do Jerome and Bix tease each other after Jerome shines his lantern on Bix?
4. How long of a break is there when Jerome and Bix do not see each other, and what does Jerome do as far as practicing basketball in the meantime?
5. What does Jerome tell his momma about Bix and what is her response?
6. Why does Bix get angry at Jerome?
7. About what does Bix challenge Jerome?
8. What makes Jerome realize Bix is in real trouble?
9. Who is watching Jerome one day as he is practicing and what does Jerome do?
10. How does Jerome's lantern come to be called Spin Light?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:
1. Fully explain why you think The Moves Make the Man is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?
2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.
3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.
4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?
Essay Topic 2
Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Bruce Brooks.
2. What in Brooks's background may have helped him in writing The Moves Make the Man? What may have influenced the way he depicts various characters and scenes?
3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.
Essay Topic 3
Many novels, and perhaps a majority, of novels ends on a happy note. Discuss the following:
1. Why do you think many (most?) people want what they perceive as a happy or good ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why not?
2. What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of The Moves Make the Man and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why The Moves Make the Man is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.
3. Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, stimulate thought? Why or why not?
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