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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. In what part of the school is the music being played?

2. Where do Piri and his family move to at the beginning of the section?

3. Who saves Piri from the principal?

4. What nationality is the doctor Piri sees?

5. Where does Piri ask Miss Shepherd if he can go?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the faggots' apartment?

2. Why does Piri think Crutch has a good way of looking at racism?

3. Describe Piri's relationship with Betty.

4. What problems does Piri face when he has to move to a new neighborhood?

5. Describe Piri's time with the baseball team at his new school.

6. Why does Marcia claim she cannot dance with Piri?

7. Describe the fight between Piri and Rocky in the opening section.

8. Describe Piri's job as a shoeshine boy.

9. Why do Piri and his gang decide to go with Alfredo?

10. How does Piri get rid of the Jolly Roger gang members who chase him home?

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

Choose one of the following and examine how it helped Piri to focus on improving himself as a person while in prison:

1) Prison routine

2) Denial of parole

3) Religion

Essay Topic 3

Discuss with the students first person point of view. Why do the students think first person point of view is not necessarily reliable? What moments in the book do the students think are not so reliable and why? With the students discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using the first person.

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