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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. Where would Nigeria's parents go for the Fourth of July?
2. What does Nigeria Greene teach?
3. What are some jobs that Jimmy-Lee's father has quit?
4. Where does Butler wish they could send Benjie?
5. What slave does Nigeria say that George Washington freed during his lifetime?
Short Essay Questions
1. What would Butler do if he and Rosie had money?
2. Why did Benjie take money out of his grandmother's purse?
3. What does the principal say about his job and school?
4. What does Nigeria remember about his grandfather?
5. What does Jimmy-Lee say about his father?
6. Why does Bernard Cohen consider quitting teaching or transferring to another school?
7. What does Nigeria say about spelling lessons?
8. How did Jimmy-Lee learn to read well and fast?
9. What does Benjie remember about Christmas and life before Butler came?
10. What did Butler do for a living, and why did he change jobs?
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
Benjie decides to mainline when he returns home from the hospital. Why does Benjie decide to mainline when he returns home? Why does he need to have a fix? What does his decision to mainline reveal about addiction?
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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