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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. In which part of the hospital does Mrs. Fitzgerald work?
2. Which teacher writes statistics about police brutality against black Americans in lieu of teaching the scheduled trigonometry lesson?
3. Quinn meets Jill at the tag that says 'Rashad is Absent Again Today', which is located near what feature of the school's campus?
4. Which element does Rashad always omit from his drawings once he begins to model his work after the work of his favorite artist?
5. Before Quinn admits to himself that "there is a problem" with racially motivated violence in America, he briefly decides that he should bear no responsibility for "a problem of" (139) what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What item does Rashad give to his mother just before he drifts off to sleep in his hospital bed on Thursday and what is its significance?
2. What is a die-in and what events are included in the die-in planned for Friday, according to Spoony?
3. What is the relationship between Quinn and Jill?
4. Who is Clarissa?
5. In what way does Quinn have mixed feelings about the sentiment he sees written in front of his high school on Tuesday morning?
6. Provide one reason why Jill is so shocked to see such an aggressive police response to the planned protest march.
7. What idea do Quinn and English devise together in honor of Rashad?
8. What reason does Rashad's father finally express for his early-morning visit to see Rashad in the hospital?
9. What items did Rashad collect for years, amassing the items in a shoebox beneath his bed?
10. What catalyst causes Quinn to realize that he is being self-centered in the section entitled Monday?
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
What messages are being sent about racial tensions in America in the novel All American Boys, and what actions does Kiely/Reynolds hope to provoke within the text’s audience?
Essay Topic 3
Explicate the theme of courage and the messages sent about courage throughout the novel All American Boys.
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