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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. At Bremmer High School, what is strict for its time?

2. Who runs the student government at Bremmer High?

3. What is important for children, according to Chapter 5, My Sister was a Piano Freak?

4. How many classes is Eddie passing during his first several months at Bremmer?

5. Which program houses the lowest rung students?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the four academic levels at Bremmer High School.

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

3. Describe the lowest rung on the social ladder, according to Chapter 4, The Beautiful World of Richard Bobbo.

4. Discuss what Chapter 4, The Beautiful World of Richard Bobbo describes.

5. How does Eddie begin to see the Catholic Church in Chapter 3, Catholic Girls?

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

7. What does Una represent for most adolescent boys?

8. How is Eddie and Una's relationship marked with immaturity?

9. What is the worst insult a boy could get at Bremmer?

10. What does the vignette of Eddie and his sister suggest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the social cliques Eddie describes in Chapter 4, The Beautiful World of Richard Bobbo to present-day social cliques. What do you find interesting about the comparisons? Do any/all of these social cliques still exist today?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the indoctrination of the Catholic Church was during the 1950s and 1960s towards adolescents.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and describe how Eddie lives in the short term at the beginning of the book and what that means to his current stage in life.

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