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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 are the players doing differently as a result of discovering Bruce's illness?

2. What is the name of the person that Henry is talking to in the elevator in Chapter 14?

3. Where does the title of the book come from?

4. How does Henry let off some steam while thinking about things after talking about Bruce with his father?

5. What day is it when Chapter 14 begins?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Bruce's reaction to the passing of his mother?

2. How is the title of the book explained in Chapter 15?

3. Why are the players complaining about time, and how does Bruce respond to their complaints?

4. What causes Bruce to ask Henry to change his insurance policy?

5. How is the team doing with the new coaching and awareness of Bruce's condition?

6. What happens when Katie takes Henry, Holly, and Bruce to dinner in Chapter 10?

7. What is significant about the games of Tegwar Bruce is playing in Chapter 13?

8. How does Goose find out about Bruce's illness?

9. What decision does Henry make about life at the end of the book?

10. Who is Mr. Rogers and which information does he have?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Henry and Bruce visit the small town of Mill, Georgia as Bruce shows Henry where he spent his childhood.

1) Describe the characteristics of the small town of Mill, Georgia, and life in the country.

2) Explain how life in the country compares to life in the city, and if the comparison is also relevant to Bruce and Henry.

3) Analyze how Henry and Bruce each view the way of living in Mill, Georgia, and locations in general.

Essay Topic 2

Some of the strongest elements of Bang the Drum Slowly are the inspiring effects of the story.

1) Explain why people would be inspired by reading the book.

2) Describe three events that are inspiring from the story.

3) Analyze the powerful effect that literature can have on the reader and which elements make a fictional work the most inspiring.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the use of foreshadowing in literature, by detailing three examples from Bang the Drum Slowly.

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