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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 kind of drug does Piri start using?

2. Who does Piri wish could see inside him?

3. What will Brew and Piri have to do when they cross the Mason-Dixon line?

4. What does Alayce say there is nothing worse than being?

5. Where does Trina go to in this section?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Piri feel about Trina marrying another man?

2. What does Piri think the girl who rubbed against him on the train said to her friends?

3. How do Brew and Piri ensure a job for themselves on a ship?

4. Why does Rocky want to fight with Piri?

5. What problems does Gerald say he has being part Negro?

6. How does Piri become addicted to heroin?

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

8. How does the prison guard, Casey, react to Piri and Little fighting?

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

10. What work does Piri find in Section 7?

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

Why do you think Piri wants to see the Southern states? How could Piri's attitude cause him big problems in the South? How are race relations in the the South different from race relations in the North?

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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