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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 saves Piri from the principal?

2. When does Piri wish he had run away?

3. How does Piri sometimes sneak out of his classroom?

4. What does Piri tell Brew he is not?

5. What do Piri's parents argue about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Piri at the hospital?

3. What happens at the faggots' apartment?

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

5. How do Piri and his mother react differently to Paulie's death?

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

7. Describe the way of life in Harlem.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Outline Piri's prison routine How do the students think this routine benefited Piri? How did Piri make the most of his days?

Essay Topic 2

Why was the color of his skin such an issue to Piri? How much of the difficulties Piri had with the color was due to himself rather than society?

Essay Topic 3

What insight does Piri give about the Great Depression in the Thirties? How do Piri's parents cope with the Great Depression? In what way does the Great Depression destroy, or almost destroy, the lives of people close to Piri? What did American society learn from the Great Depression in the Thirties?

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