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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 do the Moors plan to do to get money to buy sneakers and T-shirts as workout clothes?

2. When Ernie Brown arrives for the rally, a crowd of both adults and children circles him, but who has not shown up yet?

3. Rufus notices what about Ernie Brown and himself when he initially meets him?

4. Rufus is surprised that wearing their best clothes and paying an admission causes everyone to do what?

5. When Rufus next talks with Willie after the scrapbook incident at the rally, how soon does he say he needs Willie to get him a rifle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Rufus Henry, Ernie Brown, and Alex Robbins say to each other on the ride home from the neighborhood field following Rufus fighting Simon Jones?

2. What proposal does Rufus Henry make to the leader of the Aztecs after Pelican Smith says no?

3. How do the Moors prompt the Gassers to chase them to the location they want the attack to take place that evening?

4. What happens when Simon Jones takes Rufus Henry's scrapbook from a bag and asks Ernie Brown to autograph it?

5. What happens when Rufus Henry comes out of the back office after calling for fire department assistance?

6. What happens when Simon Jones tells Ernie Brown that Rufus Henry maintains a scrapbook on Ernie?

7. How do the Moors get the Gassers to the location where they trip and fall over?

8. After Alex Robbins arrives for the 7 p.m. meeting with the Moors at the playground, what does he tell them regarding the Gassers accompanying them to the Marauders' training camp?

9. What type of trouble does Rufus Henry initially encounter with the rifle that Willie obtains?

10. After they trip over the wire running between the two sheds, what causes the Gassers to think they are hearing guns firing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapters 4-6, Frank Bonham focuses on characterization of Rufus Henry. What sort of definable character does Bonham craft Rufus into? How is he displayed to be a dreamer? How is he shown to have a strong practical side? How do Rufus' age and the environment he has come from come into play?

Essay Topic 2

Expand on why neither Mrs. Henry nor Rufus Henry want to file a police report subsequent to the Gassers roughing up Janet Henry and cutting off one of her pigtails. What are the reasons Mrs. Henry does not want to file a complaint? What are the reasons Rufus does not want to? Why is it Rufus wants to settle the matter in his own way when it might get him into trouble and possibly eliminate his scholarship possibilities?

Essay Topic 3

Delineate how characterization is central within the final chapters. What are some of the ways Rufus Henry demonstrates his having matured? How does the graduation dance mark Rufus' shift? What conscious decisions does Rufus begin making in his transition from crime and violence to constructive action? Whereas he had previously thought the graduation dance would be a means of getting Simon Jones locked up for a good while, what does he attempt to do as he is entering the event? What actions does he take that are responsible when the Gassers cause trouble at the affair? When he is having his discussion with his mother and Alex Robbins following the dance, what does Rufus recognize regarding the future course he will be taking?

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