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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. What does Socrates read Roland?

2. Where does Socrates take a bus to in this chapter?

3. What does Right say he is not afraid of?

4. What does Oscar tell Socrates he is?

5. Who does Socrates write a letter to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Socrates stay at home during the riots?

2. How does this chapter show that sometimes violence is necessary?

3. How does Socrates talk Right out of killing himself with a gun?

4. How does Darryl react when Socrates takes him to live with the MacDaniels?

5. How does Socrates build up Darryl's confidence after the fight with Philip?

6. What does Socrates tell Shreve in the cafe?

7. Why does the ocean remind Socrates of his aunt?

8. What does Socrates do with the reward money?

9. What does Theresa's mother say in her letter to Socrates?

10. How did the bookshop change Socrates?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the novel's dialogue. How does Mosley's dialogue contribute to the following areas?

1) Character

2) Setting

3) Plot

Essay Topic 2

Mosley writes ALWAYS OUTNUMBERED, ALWAYS OUTGUNNED in the third person. Why do you think Mosley chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if Mosley wrote it in the first person?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Mosley's life. In what way are his life and personality is reflected in the book? Where could he have learned about the world of espionage? In what ways is he like or unlike Socrates?

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