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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. Which character encourages Rashad to attend the protest, even if the doctors have not cleared him by then?

2. What object is Coach Carter swinging when he calls Quinn back into the locker room to forbid him from marching?

3. Which character visits Rashad unexpectedly at seven in the morning on Wednesday?

4. On Wednesday, Paul asks Quinn if he wants to learn some what?

5. Quinn recalls that Paul once made a big deal about the shifting demographics of Springfield, saying that the city had been 84% white how many years before?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the motif of dreams appear within the opening passages of the section entitled Wednesday?

2. In what way does Quinn have mixed feelings about the sentiment he sees written in front of his high school on Tuesday morning?

3. When Quinn arrives at school on Monday, what topic is dominating the students' conversations?

4. Provide one reason why Jill is so shocked to see such an aggressive police response to the planned protest march.

5. With what type of medium does Rashad's part of the section entitled Tuesday begin?

6. What catalyst causes Quinn to realize that he is being self-centered in the section entitled Monday?

7. What items did Rashad collect for years, amassing the items in a shoebox beneath his bed?

8. Who was Darnell Shackleford?

9. Who is Mrs. Fitzgerald and how does Rashad meet her?

10. How do Rashad's mother and lawyer react when he gives a particular item to his mother before drifting off to sleep on Thursday?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Explicate the theme of collectivism within All American Boys. What is Kiely/Reynolds’s message regarding collectivist ideals and how do you know?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that discusses the symbolism of the cover art chosen for All American Boys.

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