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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 Chapter 2, Section 2, how many days does Ari spend in bed?

2. What is the narrator's racial heritage in Section 1, Chapter 2?

3. When Ari is in the hospital, how many times does Dante visit him after Ari regains consciousness?

4. What body parts does Ari have in a cast in Section 3, Chapter 1?

5. In Section 2, Chapter 11, how long do Ari and his mother have to wait at the doctor's office?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of vehicle does Ari say he wants for his 16th birthday?

2. What is the weather like when Ari comes home from the hospital?

3. What did Dante used to call himself and why did he quit using that nickname?

4. Why does Ari like the drawing of the chair that Dante creates for him?

5. How does Dante feel about a dead bird in Section 1, Chapter 12?

6. Where does Ari go for a drive with Dante and his parents in Section 1, Chapter 10 and why?

7. What is the first thing that Ari dreams in Section 2, Chapter 1?

8. How often does Ari's father visit Ari when he is in the hospital and what do they do together?

9. What does Dante do with Ari when Dante comes over in Section 2, Chapter 4?

10. How does Ari describe his surgeon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ari's family is very different from Dante's family. How are the two families alike and unalike and how does that affect each boy's perception of the world around him?

Essay Topic 2

Ari and his father are alone together while his mother visits an aunt. What does Ari learn about his father and his family during that time, and how does that information affect his relationship with his father?

Essay Topic 3

Gina and Susie frustrate Ari when they are first introduced in the novel. How does Ari's relationship change with the girls and why does it change so dramatically?

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