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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. Who had it written into the contract for the sale of the hardware store that Blind Benny was to always have a home above the store?

2. Where does Blind Benny live?

3. When Gypsy does not like a song that comes on the television, Woodrow states that she doesn't like it because ____________________.

4. Gypsy overhears Porter talking to Love and ____________________ Gypsy.

5. Which of the following is NOT something Gypsy screams when remembering finding her father dead?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Woodrow looking through the personal ads in the newspaper while sitting in the tree house?

2. How was Amos' love of beauty destructive for him and his daughter?

3. Explain how Amos and Love have been good to Blind Benny.

4. What do Gypsy's hair and her mirror symbolize for her?

5. Describe the argument Woodrow and Gypsy have about pretty people getting away with more.

6. Explain how Porter's love for Gypsy comes through related to her severely cutting her hair.

7. How does Gypsy's relationship with Porter begun to change as she changes her perspective on many things?

8. How does Gypsy's behavior change when she has thoughts and memories of her father?

9. Explain how Woodrow will soon have a chance to show his outer beauty just as Gypsy is getting the chance to exhibit her internal beauty.

10. Explain how Gypsy's new haircut lets a new Gypsy emerge.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the lives of Gypsy and Woodrow. How are their circumstances similar? In what ways are their lives different? What draws them together to make them friends? What could have threatened to kill a friendship even before it began?

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Woodrow. What did he look like? What were his positive personality traits? What were his dreams and fears? What was most valuable to him in his world?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the significance of the book's title. What does the author mean by calling it simply "Belle Prater's Boy" What is she trying to emphasize with this emphatic style? Suggest three alternate titles for this book with supporting rationale for each.

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