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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 did Butler and his uncle go after they beat up a white man who tripped Butler?

2. On page 49, which annual ball does the La Paloma Femme de la Jours hold?

3. How old does Benjie remember that he was when he had good times with his mother?

4. When did Jimmy-Lee's father go to a March to Washington?

5. Where would Nigeria's parents go for the Fourth of July?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Rose meet Butler?

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 does Benjie's stepfather say about opportunity?

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

9. What does Benjie remember about Christmas and life before Butler came?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

The title of the book is A Hero Ain’t Nothin But a Sandwich. Why does Benjie say that heroes are? Who does Butler think are heroes? What does the author relate about heroes?

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