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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. Who does Eddie plan go to the sock hop with?

2. What does the typing teacher do during class?

3. What is subordinated to one's sex drive, in Chapter 11, Retreat, Retreat?

4. Who is Barbara, in Chapter 10, Double Dating with Felix Lindor?

5. Where does Eddie go to warm up, while he is out wandering aimlessly during the sock hop?

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. How does Eddie perceive his graduation ceremony?

4. Describe Smooth Eddie.

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

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

7. How is dating structured, according to Chapter 10, Double Dating with Feliz Lindor?

8. How does the reader feel about Eddie's future at the end of Do Black Patent-leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?

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

10. Discuss the purpose of marriage, according to Chapter 11, Retreat Retreat.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how having a good student-teacher relationship is important for the student to comprehend the subject being taught.

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

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?

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