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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. What is Pine Valley Honor Camp?

2. Where does Alex Robbins initially locate the Moors?

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

4. Rufus is wearing _________ as he leaves Pine Valley.

5. Alex Robbins asks the Moors if they would like to do what in reference to the local football team?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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. 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. 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?

8. While still at the crafts center, what is Rufus Henry's response when Alex Robbins suggests the Moors elect a president for their social club?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rufus Henry recognizes that he wants to attend college, but to do so requires him to obtain a scholarship. What sports scholarship does Rufus seek? What steps is Rufus following toward achieving that goal? What dietary procedures is he pursuing? What sort of employment does Rufus feel he must obtain in order to develop his muscles?

Essay Topic 2

Elaborate on how Frank Bonham utilizes foreshadowing in Durango Street. Consider the scene wherein the Gassers confront Rufus Henry in the alley by the grocery, he produces a weapon, and includes Simon Jones' car. How is this episode in comparison with the subsequent confrontation between the Moors and the Gassers by the sheds near the freeway?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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