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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 does Rose pay for a bottle of Indigo Blue from the reader and adviser?

2. Who did Butler go for a beer with when Benjie was in detox?

3. Where does Benjie get shots when he is in the hospital?

4. Where does Jimmy-Lee get a job?

5. When did Grandma get a lock on her door?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Nigeria Greene and his wife go on page 96, and how does he feel about the event?

2. Why is Benjie upset with his mother on page 100?

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

4. What does the reader look like?

5. What happens when Benjie steals Miss Dudley's toaster?

6. How do Rose and Butler dress and act when they go out?

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

8. How does Benjie feel about the school cafeteria?

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

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

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

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?

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