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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. Who does Tiger live with?

3. How much money does Butler give Sweets on page 105?

4. What is the name of Miss Emma Dudley's sister?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Tiger let people know when his aunt is home and he cannot have kids over smoking and doing drugs?

4. What does Nigeria Greene like to think about Blacks?

5. What does the reader look like?

6. What does Benjie say about his counselor on page 87?

7. How does Butler think he would act toward Benjie if he can get his hands on him?

8. What does Rose buy from the reader and what does she get at no charge, and what is she to do with the items?

9. How does Benjie feel about being in the hospital?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Benjie believes lying is wrong. Why does Benjie think lying is wrong? How does Benjie think a person should act if they are caught in wrongdoing? Is Benjie consistent in his own life in following his code not to lie?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Nigeria Greene and Bernard Cohensee view racism differently. How do the two men view racism? Why do they view racism differently?

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