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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 was the name of the guy who sold Jimmy-Lee some joints?

2. How old does Benjie think a kid might be safe from sexual crimes?

3. Where did Nigeria's father work?

4. On page 44, who does Nigeria say said, "because it please me to try" (44)?

5. For a while what did Benjie think he wanted to do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Benjie's think about being a social worker?

2. What does Benjie's stepfather say about opportunity?

3. Why did Benjie take money out of his grandmother's purse?

4. What does the principal say about his job and school?

5. Why are the midweek evening meetings cancelled at the Cyrenian Promise Baptist Church?

6. What did Butler do for a living, and why did he change jobs?

7. Why does Bernard Cohen consider quitting teaching or transferring to another school?

8. How does Benjie remember that he and his mother got along when he was a kid?

9. How did Nigeria do his lessons in school and why?

10. What does Benjie think about lying, and how did he break his code?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In A Hero Ain’t Nothin But a Sandwich, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 2

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of A Hero Ain’t Nothin But a Sandwich and why is that incident the climax?

Essay Topic 3

Greene determined that he wanted to be a teacher. When and why did Green determine that he wanted to be a teacher? How did he have to compromise what he believed in to achieve his goal and become a teacher?

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