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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. Where is Nick up to in his father’s dictionary by the time April comes to visit?
2. What does “irascent” mean (218)?
3. What kind of car does April’s father give Nick and Coby a ride in?
4. What is the name of the horse Nick’s mother says that she will be training for the Derby?
5. Who scores the first goal in the match between Nick and Coby’s teams?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the relationship like between Nick’s soccer team and Coby’s?
2. Why does Nick miss the Dallas Cup?
3. How do Nick’s parents set him up then break his spirit?
4. What is left to be resolved at the end of Booked?
5. How does Nick end up being pulled out of the game against Coby’s team?
6. What are the medical issues Nick discovers when he gets treatment?
7. What is Nick’s visit with April like?
8. How does the psychologist help Nick deal with his parents’ split?
9. How does Nick characterize Coby’s play in the game their teams play?
10. What advice does Nick’s father give him about handling fights?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is the audience for Booked? What is the ideal reader for Booked likely to think about the book’s main topics? How does this book try to affect the reader? What is it trying to teach him or her, or get him or her to do?
Essay Topic 2
Why do you think soccer has such a big following in Europe, but not as much in the U.S.? What is it about soccer that draws fans in, and why do you think American audiences have not connected with soccer as much? Why might the author have selected Soccer to be the main sport portrayed in Booked?
Essay Topic 3
When is Booked most itself? What is its characteristic passage, or moment? What makes that moment or passage the most representative of the book as a whole? Are there any places where the book seems to depart from its typical self, as if to become a different book?
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