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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. Quinn gets in trouble when his mother finds what object in his laundry?

2. In what location do Dwyer and Guzzo wait while Quinn enters the store called Jerry's?

3. Rashad has always been good at what activity, according to Rashad himself?

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

5. Quinn recalls how Paul used to take him to Gooch in order to show him basketball skills. What is Gooch?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does Quinn go to Jerry's Corner Store on Friday?

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

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

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

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

6. At whose house does Quinn attend a barbecue on Sunday and how does he feel about attending?

7. What does Quinn do as he watches a violent scene unfold before him outside of Jerry's Corner Store?

8. Rashad is told on Saturday afternoon that he must stay in the hospital for at least a few more days due to what reason?

9. Who is Willy and what is his relationship like with Quinn?

10. What realization does Quinn make about the police officer involved in the melee outside Jerry's Corner Store on Friday?

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

Kiely and Reynolds introduce many historical references in the book, from Freddie Gray to the Harlem Renaissance. What do these references add to the text? How do they expand the universality of its themes?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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