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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. After leaving his tire job, where does Rufus go and find Baby Gibson?

2. Rufus' mother says Rufus may take his sister along to the store, but his brother must stay behind to do what?

3. When Alex Robbins incorrectly relates some of Ernie Brown's stats, Rufus corrects him and then is embarrassed for what reason?

4. It is noted that it is safer for Rufus to keep from using a knife in the confrontation from what standpoint?

5. What does Rufus offer to buy with the money he gets when he leaves Pine Valley?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the police officer who pulls them over for questioning lets them go, what does Rufus Henry tell his sister as they continue to the grocery?

2. What procedure do the Moors members follow in allowing Rufus Henry into their gang?

3. How is it that Rufus Henry displays his practical side when initially encountering the Gassers gang?

4. What transpires when Rufus Henry initially meets up with the other Moors members at the crafts room at the Walnut Street playground to meet Alex Robbins?

5. What are some of the things Alex Robbins from the Group Service Council learns upon studying the Moors' police file on the morning following the call he receives from Ed Travers?

6. What Is Rufus Henry's recollection of his mother first telling him about her marriage to Ernie Brown?

7. Why is the house in the Durango Housing Project not one in which Rufus Henry will feel at home?

8. En route to the store, what quickly happens when Rufus Henry and his sister encounter a carload of gang members?

9. What happens when Rufus Henry learns that Ernie Brown will soon join the Marauders?

10. Before leaving the crafts center, how does Rufus Henry manage to embarrass himself when Alex Robbins attempts to find out if the Moors have an interest in watching the Marauders practice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the violent events that transpire in the early part of Frank Bonham's novel compare with those in the concluding chapters? What is the mood the author has set by the conclusion of the novel? Is Rufus Henry comfortable in his selecting correct action versus gang violence? How does the protagonist appear to feel as he makes future plans with his mother and Alex Robbins in the final scene?

Essay Topic 2

What transpires during the questioning of the Moors gang members the morning after their attack on the Gassers near the freeway where Simon Jones' vehicle is set on fire? What new items does Sergeant Starkey learn as a result of his interview of the gang? What new items does Rufus Henry learn from the questioning? While the gang members remain close-lipped, what does Sergeant Starkey let the Moors know he is aware of? What is the outcome of the police questioning?

Essay Topic 3

Why is it that the Moors youths do not initially trust social worker Alex Robbins from the Group Service Council? Do they recognize that he understands the boys' fears? Do they understand that he means to be helpful? How do they display their distrust? Consider how positive attention, coming from this fatherly figure, surprises youths having no fathers in the picture.

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