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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. Why is Crip nicknamed Crip?

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

3. Who chases after Piri?

4. What of the following insults does the man throw at Piri on the train?

5. What does Piri call white people when he shouts at Angelo?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Miss Washington help Piri in this section?

2. How does racism bother Piri in the fourth section?

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

4. How does Piri injure his hand?

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

6. How does Piri react to the news that his father is having an affair?

7. Describe Piri's upbringing.

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

9. How does Piri ensure that he becomes part of the TNT gang?

10. What happens to Piri at the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss differences between the novel and autobiography formats. What are the main elements of a novel? What are the main elements of an autobiography? What can novelists express that an autobiographer cannot? How can autobiographies keep to the facts while still maintaining a level of entertainment?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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