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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. How much does Eddie sell his first car for?

2. What do most Catholic boys date within, according to Chapter 10, Double Dating with Felix Lindor?

3. What does the Catholic Church want to control strictly in the 1950s and 1960s?

4. What are the senior boys counseled to do after they graduate from high school, in Chapter 11, Retreat, Retreat?

5. Why is Eddie's first car an immediate disaster?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Tom during his and Eddie's senior year?

2. What does one brother suggest for his students to do if they think of sin?

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

4. What happens, at the end of Chapter 14, Late Bloomer?

5. What is Felix Lindor interested in?

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

7. Describe what the annual retreat is like.

8. What is addressed, in Chapter 9, Among Others, Smooth Eddie?

9. What happens when a Brother becomes elderly?

10. Who is Monica Radil?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the Eddie at the start of Do Black Patent-leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? with the Eddies at the end. How has he become more cynical and mature in thought, by Chapter 16, Final?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the teaching methodologies of St. Bremmer Catholic School for boys while Eddie was in attendance there. How do these methods affect the student's grades?

Essay Topic 3

Explain how Chapter 10, Double Dating with Felix Lindor exemplifies typical teenagers being "caught." How was the situation less than funny at the time, but grew to be humorous and laughable later?

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