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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 is Maxine waving around when she's standing out in the street drunk?

2. What does Vernon say he's going to do when Mr. Ward dies?

3. What does Maxine say will happen to Vernon if he doesn't talk to her in the beginning of chapter ten?

4. What is Vernon's mother's name?

5. What is Vernon supposed to do to pay Miss Annie for tutoring him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Vernon takes the potatoes back to Maxine's house?

2. What does Vernon note about Miss Annie's house the first time he goes inside?

3. Describe the scene in Milt's that results in Vernon's outburst.

4. Why does Miss Marlow say she's visiting?

5. What is the problem Vernon is struggling with regarding baseball?

6. What is Vernon supposed to tell Maxine when Miss Annie sends him to see her in jail?

7. What does Vernon discover happens to the neighborhood once he's in junior high?

8. Describe the argument and fight Vernon and Tony have after the fair.

9. What are the kids saying about Vernon spending time at Miss Annie's in chapter eight?

10. Describe the scene in which the "Pointer Sisters" perform?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Vernon as the story opens. How does he change over the course of the story? Why does he change?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the members of Vernon's family. What is his relationship with each?

Essay Topic 3

Describe at least three instances in which Maxine isn't taking good care of Ronald and compare those to three instances in which she seems to be taking good care of him.

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