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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 can Piri's father not talk to his son the following day?

2. What job does Piri answer an advertisement for?

3. What does Piri tell Brew he is not?

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

5. What is Piri's real name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Piri's upbringing.

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

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

4. Describe the way of life in Harlem.

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

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

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

8. Why do Piri's parents decide to move to a suburb in Long Island?

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

10. What happens to Piri at the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Piri's relationship with his father.

1) In what way did Piri's relationship with his father have a major impact on the decisions he made in his life?

2) How does Piri's relationship with his father deteriorate through the book?

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

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?

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