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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 are athletes considered to be at Bremmer High?

2. What does Bippo receive after playing in the homecoming game?

3. What does Eddie realize about Una, in Chapter 8, Una?

4. What are the students in the Honor's Program deemed?

5. Who are the Catholic boys supposed to set a good example for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the safest type of dating, according to the Catholic Church in the 1950s and 1960s.

2. Describe why the nuns are shocked by Timmy's score.

3. What does Eddie do because he's jealous of his sister?

4. Describe the transformation in Eddie, in Chapter 5, My Sister was a Piano Freak.

5. Describe Brother Well.

6. What does Eddie witness overnight at the beginning of the book?

7. What does Bobbo decide it is time for and why?

8. Who is Bippo?

9. Describe Felix Lindor.

10. Discuss what music lessons meant for children, according to Chapter 5, My Sister was a Piano Freak.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the Brothers and teachers at St. Bremmer to Mr. Kascher or Smooth Eddie. Why is Smooth Eddie the most popular among the student body?

Essay Topic 2

Explain why Eddie sees the Catholic Church as a bunch of "do's" and "don'ts."

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what having a car meant to the Catholic adolescent boy. How does owning a car, give the reader a glimpse into his or her own adolescence?

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