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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. When Willie reports the gun is now missing, how does Rufus feel?

2. Whereas Rufus felt a graduation celebration was a silly notion earlier, why is it he thinks it is a good idea now?

3. Ernie Brown suggests that the gang members initiate a league in the projects, and he gives them what to practice with?

4. When after the dynamite caps incident do the Moors end up in the Cathedral Heights police station?

5. As Rufus leads the Moors from stealing and to eat instead, they run into Nonie and Judy a second time and the girls do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ernie Brown suggest the boys begin in the projects?

2. Why does Rufus Henry go to the residence of the leader of the Bloods, Pelican Smith?

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

4. What do Sergeant Starkey and Alex Robbins discuss in their private conversation subsequent to Rufus Henry destroying Simon Jones' car?

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

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

7. What happens when Rufus Henry sees that the Gassers' dates are no longer present?

8. While hanging out at Baby Gibson's building getting drunk and telling stories, what does Rufus Henry realize?

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

10. What happens when Willie takes the Moors to see the gun he has obtained?

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 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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