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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 lessons did Cohen complain about Nigeria giving?

2. What does Butler do for a living?

3. How much did Jimmy-Lee's father give him once for school supplies?

4. What organization did Nigeria's grandfather belong to?

5. On page 24, where does Jimmy-Lee say that he and Benjie smoked pot one time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is segregation in reserve?

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

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

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

8. What does Mrs. Ransom Bell say about getting old?

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

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

Slang is an informal way of speaking. How do characters use slang in the novel? What does the use of slang reveal about characters?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning?

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