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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 did Mama Bird want Cash to fix after he had been out all night on Saturday?

2. Where was the mostly Black section of Louisville?

3. How much younger was Cassius's brother, Rudy?

4. What magazine did Granddaddy Herman read?

5. In "Round Two," what color Cadillacs were there where Cassius was from?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Round One," where was Cassius, and what was he doing?

2. What happened when Cassius and Lucky were interested in a bicycle at the bicycle store?

3. What did Cassius make Lucky do when he got a B on an English essay?

4. In "Round One," what was said about Francis Turley?

5. What happened to Tall Bubba?

6. How did Cassius focus, as described in "Round Two"?

7. What were summers like for Cassius and his friends, as described in "Round Four"?

8. In "Round Four," what odd jobs could Cassius and his friends get?

9. How was the match with Kent Green described in "Round One"?

10. What was Fontaine Ferry Park, and what happened when Cassius and Rudy wanted to go?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Allusions are figures of speech. How does the author use allusions? How can allusions be ambiguous references to people, places or things? Why might allusions be difficult for readers to understand and connect to ideas?

Essay Topic 2

Metaphors and similes are figures of speech that are used to make comparisons between things. Metaphors seem to imply an equal comparison, while similes seem to imply a similarity between two things. Does the author use more metaphors or similes in the novel? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers comprehend concepts? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers make the writing more interesting?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people? How does the use of multiple viewpoints affect the story?

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