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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 type of incense does Tiger burn to cover the smell of drugs?

2. How old is the liquor served at the event to honor the Negro writer?

3. What dress does Miss Dudley wear when Butler takes a room in her apartment?

4. What does B. Monroe say on page 92 that he won?

5. Besides ice cream, what is in the house when Benjie comes home from the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miss Emma Dudley think of Butler?

2. What does Benjie say that he knows about using on page 88?

3. Who is Mme. Snowson?

4. What does Benjie decide to do on page 76?

5. Why does Benjie's new bedspread in his room have bunnies on it?

6. Who is Tiger and where does he live?

7. What has Benjie been feeling in the hospital?

8. What does the reader look like?

9. How does Mrs. Bell feel about Butler leaving?

10. Where does Butler move after Benjie comes home from the hospital and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Benjie used to like Greene. Why does Benjie begin to not like Greene? Why does he think Greene is a traitor?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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