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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 item of Piri's clothing does the teacher grab?

2. What area of New York does Piri move to in this chapter?

3. When does Piri wish he had run away?

4. Who does Piri say he hates?

5. What is the name of the man who interviews Piri?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the way of life in Harlem.

2. How does Piri's father react to Piri's temporary blindness?

3. How do Marcia and her friends react to Piri's asking Marcia to dance?

4. What happens to Piri at the hospital?

5. Describe Piri's upbringing.

6. What problems does Piri have at school in the second section?

7. How does Piri react to what he hears Marcia and her friends saying?

8. Why does Piri think his father does not like him as much as his other children?

9. Describe Piri's time with Pane and his sister, Lorry.

10. What happens when Piri goes for a job interview in Section 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Piri's time in prison.

1) What concessions did Piri have to make in prison to survive?

2) How did prison change Piri?

3) What kind of person do the students think Piri would have become if he had not gone to prison?

Essay Topic 2

Why is it important for Piri to have a good reputation? What do the students think Piri's life in New York would have been like if he did not have a good reputation? Was joining a gang or group is the only way to get a good reputation as a teenager in New York?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the treatment of Puerto Ricans to African Americans in American society.

1) What is the history of Puerto Ricans in American society?

2) What is the history of African Americans in American society?

3) What evidence is there to prove that Puerto Ricans have been treated better in American society in the mid 20th century?

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