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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. How many times has Rashad been suspended from school?

2. As the section entitled Friday comes to a close, Quinn cannot "shake that look of" what that he had seen on Paul's face outside of Jerry's?

3. How many days per week is Rashad required to wear his organization's uniform to school?

4. Which element of Rashad's injuries result in a longer hospital stay than he would have needed otherwise?

5. On whom does Quinn have a romantic crush?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two positions did Rashad's father David inhabit before he switched to an office job before Rashad's birth?

2. Discuss evidence that suggests that Willy admires his older brother Quinn.

3. What aspect of the barbecue's layout bothers Quinn and why?

4. To what type of military organization does Rashad belong and how does he feel about it?

5. Who is Spoony and what is the origin of his name?

6. Describe Quinn's family household situation.

7. What is the symbolism of the bucket of ice water featured in the section entitled Sunday?

8. What two diagnoses does Rashad initially receive on Saturday?

9. Who makes it a mission to find video footage of Rashad's violent arrest?

10. What does the photograph on the wall of Mother's Pizza symbolize and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Choose an object from All American Boys, such as the chips, the photograph of Quinn’s father, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how and why Kiely/Reynolds instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of All American Boys.

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