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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. Who tells Bantu the Moors have a new president?

2. What does Leeroy do as the commotion escalates when Bantu learns Leeroy is the new president?

3. How do the gang members reflect their vote for Rufus to join the Moors?

4. What does Rufus do to stall for time at the grocery?

5. This first time he has their car keys, Rufus has the Gassers get into their car and he leaves the keys for them where?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the knife fight between Bantu Motley and Rufus Henry proceed?

2. At the beginning of the novel, during his weekly meeting with Rufus Henry, how does social worker Mr. Rubio attempt to let Rufus know he is aware of his Ernie Brown scrapbook?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. Once safe at home following his confrontation with the Gassers in the alley, what is his mother's response when Rufus Henry asks her about her first marriage?

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

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

8. 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?

9. What transpires when Bantu Motley initially leaves jail and meets up with Moors members at the Happy Spot?

10. Why is it that members of the Gassers gang all have the same hair color?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

What are the ways in which Frank Bonham demonstrates that Rufus Henry's maintenance of an emotionless façade is critical to him? How are sunglasses a significant symbol in this story? In what fashion does Rufus unnerve his opponents in fights? Why does Rufus attempt to hide his appreciation of Ernie Brown as a football hero, although the other youths are clearly his fans?

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