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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 wear when she gives Benjie a bath?

2. If Benjie is cutting school, before what time do movie theaters not allow him entrance?

3. When Tiger is not available, where does he send Benjie for a hit?

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

5. What does the reader and adviser give Rose free of charge?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Miss Emma Dudley think of Butler?

4. What is it like when Benjie goes home?

5. What has Benjie been feeling in the hospital?

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

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

8. How does Benjie feel about the school cafeteria?

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

10. Who is Benjie's doctor in the hospital, and what does he have to take?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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