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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 instrument did Butler used to play?

2. How many bags does Walter have to hustle in order to pay the cops five singles?

3. What shows does Nigeria complain that his wife attends?

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

5. What team did Jimmy-Lee make that Benjie did not?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Jimmy-Lee learn to read well and fast?

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

3. What is segregation in reserve?

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

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

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

7. What does Nigeria say about Bernard Cohen's teaching style?

8. What does Benjie say about being a child?

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

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 2

Benjie does not think he is addicted to drugs. How easily does Benjie believe he can quit doing drugs? Is he facing reality thinking that he can quit easily?

Essay Topic 3

Benjie believes lying is wrong. Why does Benjie think lying is wrong? How does Benjie think a person should act if they are caught in wrongdoing? Is Benjie consistent in his own life in following his code not to lie?

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