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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 did Little not keep hitting Piri in the mid section?

2. What kind of cafe does Piri enter in Mobile?

3. What does the gang have to buy in this section?

4. What is the House of Do-Right also known as?

5. What color hair do both James and Jose have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jose and James' physical appearance.

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

3. Describe the argument between Piri and his brother, Jose.

4. Why does Brew think the term "boy" is acceptable?

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

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

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

8. Describe Piri's routine at Sing Sing prison?

9. What work does Piri find in Section 7?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Piri's relationship with crime.

1) In what way does Piri make a decision to enter a life of crime rather than being forced into a life of crime?

2) How much do Piri's troubles have to do with his identity crisis?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Why is it important for Piri to have a good reputation? What do the students think Piri's life in New York would have been like if he did not have a good reputation? Was joining a gang or group is the only way to get a good reputation as a teenager in New York?

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