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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. During the party, what does Dawn come running in to warn about?

2. What is it called when a hospital sends a patient to another hospital?

3. Terrence commit the crime of ______________ and faces a ten year sentence.

4. What are the results of Vance Lane's efforts at CHA?

5. What is it that Vince Lane does not know until the Horner residents inform him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What improvements are made to the apartment in the summer of 1989?

2. How has Lafeyette's behavior changed since Craig's funeral?

3. Describe what Pharoah sees as the boys are eating their food outside the Main Street hot dog stand.

4. How does LaJoe remember the day Terrence was sentenced since Terrence had requested that she not come to court that day?

5. Describe Lafeyette's frame of mind at Craig's funeral.

6. How does Pharoah prepare for the next spelling bee?

7. What are the projects like in the winter?

8. Why does Pharoah stay up all night on December 30th?

9. How does Pharoah react to his visit to the courtroom?

10. Who is Vince Lane and what does he hope to accomplish?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Beginning with the positive influence Diana Barone had on Pharoah, write an essay about a particular teacher who inspired and influenced you. Be specific about things that teacher said and did which inspired you to be better at something. Maybe it was not scholastic excellence but some other aspect of your life the teacher impacted.

Essay Topic 2

Write a critique of THERE ARE NO CHILDREN HERE. Discuss such things as the objectivity of the author, the examples he uses in the book, and what you think his purpose was in writing the book. Be sure to include your evaluation of the value in reading the book.

Essay Topic 3

Write a paper on the value of hope in life. Explain why it is important for people to believe figuratively in the gold and leprechauns at the end of the rainbow. What is the value of life without hope? Do you see it as logical that people who have no hope also have no sense of moral responsibility?

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