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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. Where were Little's punches doing the most damage to Piri?

2. What does Piri tell his father he has been pretending to be?

3. What do Piri and Brew want to join in Norfolk?

4. Where does Trina go to in this section?

5. What does the C in ABC stand for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Piri and his family say to each other the next morning?

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

4. Describe Jose and James' physical appearance.

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

6. Why must Piri and Brew sit at the back of the bus?

7. How does Piri get off heroin?

8. What are Piri and Brew's plans in Section 5?

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

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

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

What problems have mixed relationships caused in the past? Why were people so against mixed relationships? Is part of the attraction between Piri and Betty the antagonism they know their relationship will cause?

Essay Topic 3

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

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