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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 mandatory for students to attend in all Catholic schools?

2. Who does Eddie sell his first car to?

3. What are sermons focused on for seniors at St. Bremmer?

4. Where does Eddie make a detour?

5. Who is Felix's "easy" date?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Timmy in his final tumbling routine?

2. How does Eddie buy his first car?

3. What happens, at the end of Chapter 15, The Jolly Season?

4. Describe Brother Sens.

5. Who is Monica Radil?

6. Why do two couples end up in the police station, at the end of Chapter 10, Chapter 10, Double Dating with Feliz Lindor?

7. What happens when a Brother becomes elderly?

8. Describe Smooth Eddie.

9. What does Brother O'Connell tell Eddie, in Chapter 14, Late Bloomer?

10. Why is Eddie in an unhappy mood, in Chapter 15, The Jolly Season?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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