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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 Benjie call Nigeria when he takes him down to the principal and requests that his parents be notified?

2. What are some jobs that Jimmy-Lee's father has quit?

3. Where did Jimmy-Lee's uncle go instead of giving him birthday money?

4. How old is Jimmy-Lee's father?

5. How does Walter say that horse is being hauled into the United States?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Nigeria remember about his grandfather?

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

5. What was Nigeria's goal in getting through school?

6. Why did Rose not go to a ball game with Butler and Benjie?

7. What would Butler do if he and Rosie had money?

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

9. What does Jimmy-Lee say about his father?

10. How did Rose meet Butler?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Walter is the person that Benjie buys some of his drugs from. Why does Walter object to being called a pusher? Why does Walter believe he is a salesman not a pusher?

Essay Topic 2

Jimmy-Lee and Benjie have been friends. How does the relationship between Jimmy-Lee and Benjie deteriorate? Why does it deteriorate?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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