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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. By what title does Rashad refer to his organization's supervisor, Killabrew?
2. To what sort of organization does Rashad belong?
3. Quinn recalls how Paul used to take him to Gooch in order to show him basketball skills. What is Gooch?
4. Which character is sitting in a chair next to Rashad's hospital bed when he wakes up the morning after his arrest?
5. Which member of Rashad's family is adamant that he join the military soon after graduation?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Rashad's arrest.
2. Discuss evidence that suggests that Willy admires his older brother Quinn.
3. Who is Willy and what is his relationship like with Quinn?
4. At whose house does Quinn attend a barbecue on Sunday and how does he feel about attending?
5. What realization does Quinn make about the police officer involved in the melee outside Jerry's Corner Store on Friday?
6. What are Rashad's academic goals and why?
7. What does Quinn do as he watches a violent scene unfold before him outside of Jerry's Corner Store?
8. What type of harrassment has Spoony experienced in the past and why?
9. When Rashad wakes up on Saturday, he is told that he has been formally charged with three crimes. What are they?
10. Who makes it a mission to find video footage of Rashad's violent arrest?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Trace the characterization arc of Rashad’s character throughout the novel All American Boys, though the text only spans a total of eight days. Discuss whether Rashad is a round or flat character and whether he is a static or dynamic character.
Essay Topic 2
Examine the role of family within the text All American Boys. What types of family relationships are represented and how does Kiely/Reynolds use their variety to inform many of the work's themes?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Kiely/Reynolds's choice to tell the story of All American Boys using two different narrators: Rashad and Quinn. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Kiely/Reynolds’s intended effects on the reader?
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