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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 hurricane hit North Carolina in "Tragedy"?

2. What color Chuck Taylors was Corky Butler wearing in "Shelter"?

3. Of the four fights Cassius won in a row in 1955, how many were tehcnical knockouts (TKOs)?

4. What was the weather like in "The Day I Was Born Again"?

5. When did Cassius fight Corky Butler?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Round Five," what did Cassius's mother tell him about behavior as a Black person?

2. Who was Joe Martin?

3. In "You're Crazy," why was Cassius having second thoughts about fighting Corky?

4. How did Cassius and his friends get some free money in "Craps"?

5. What were some things that happened when Cassius was 13?

6. Who was Emmett Till?

7. What was Cassius and Rudy's running routine in "Chickasaw Park"?

8. In "Round Seven," how did Cassius have built-in radar and what did people think of it?

9. How long had Cassius been fighting when he made it to Chicago for the 1958 National Golden Gloves championships?

10. Why did Cassius lose against James Davis on February 4, 1955?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Cassius is outwardly self-confident. In what way does Cassius appear to be confident? Is he confident or arrogant?

Essay Topic 3

Granddaddy often gave Cassius advice. What poem did Granddaddy reference by Langston Hughes? Why did Granddaddy reference that poem? What lesson was he trying to teach Cassius?

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