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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 is the House of Do-Right also known as?

2. What does Piri say before he leaves his parole hearing?

3. What part of America do Piri and Brew travel to?

4. Where are Billy and Danny from?

5. What does James say has happened to Trina?

Short Essay Questions

1. What work does Piri find in Section 7?

2. Describe the fight between Piri and his father in Section 7.

3. What does Piri's father tell him in at breakfast in Section 5?

4. What are Brew and Piri's opinion of Gerald?

5. Why does Little say he did not throw more punches at Piri's midsection?

6. Describe the system the gang uses to rob bars and stores.

7. What tragedy occurs when Piri returns to New York?

8. Describe Jose and James' physical appearance.

9. What is Piri's sentence for shooting the policeman and for the robbery?

10. What story does Brew tell Piri?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What major events had a profound affect on Piri's life? How did they change him?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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