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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 does Eddie's older sister tell him about the piano?

2. Where is the mixer Eddie and his friends want to attend after Eddie meets a girl and fails to get her name?

3. What is the ultimate goal of adolescent dances, according to Chapter 6, Mixers?

4. Who is Dolores Crosley?

5. What does the vignette, in Chapter 5, My Sister was a Piano Freak, speak to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Eddie's grades after his first few months at Bremmer.

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

4. What are publics?

5. What happens, at the end of Chapter 7, to Bippo?

6. Who is Dolores Crosley?

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

8. What does Una represent for most adolescent boys?

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

10. Describe who runs the St. Bremmer's Catholic School for boys.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how dating for a Catholic adolescent boy can be seen as an art form and why.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the religion class at St. Bremmer's and what the class hoped to instill in the Catholic adolescent.

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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