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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. While looking at his scrapbook, what is Rufus thinking?

2. When Rufus asks his mother if she was really married to Ernie Brown, what is her response?

3. Which two Moors members does Alex Robbins learn exhibit high potential?

4. Rufus thinks his father is John Henry until he is how old?

5. After settling alone in his room, Rufus makes sure his Ernie Brown scrapbook is where?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Rufus Henry offers to purchase groceries using the money he has been given upon leaving Pine Valley, what is his mother's response?

3. 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?

4. Later on the evening that Rufus Henry accepts membership into the Moors gang, why is it that Ed Travers makes a call on Rufus' behalf?

5. In Chapters 4-6, how is it that author Frank Bonham focuses upon crafting Rufus Henry's character?

6. How is it that Rufus Henry becomes leader of the Moors?

7. How does Rufus Henry remain safe when the members of the Gassers gang surround him in the alley?

8. 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?

9. What does Rufus Henry do when Alex Robbins finds the Moors boys for the first time?

10. Why is it that Rufus Henry intentionally ruins tires he is working on at his new job in the repair shop?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

What are the positives and the negatives of how Rufus Henry deals with Willie reportedly joining the Gassers gang? Is it wise to lead his gang members to find Willie to beat him out of the Moors? Is it noble on Rufus' part to stop the attack because he believed him, or simply useful because it was a convenient way to obtain a rifle? Is it wise on Rufus' part to seek out a firearm?

Essay Topic 3

Chapters 16-18 afford an exciting section to read. Frank Bonham offers details frugally as a means of creating suspense. What tidbits of information does the author supply to spark reader curiosity? What aspects does the reader wonder about in terms of the role they will play in the Moors' attack on the Gassers? What mysteries does the author leave in this section?

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