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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. After meeting with Pelican, Rufus offers a proposal to what gang next?

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

3. How much will the band that the Moors are seeking to hire cost?

4. His sister advises Rufus she wants him to do what after the Gassers rough her up and cut her hair?

5. Simon gets put in the rear of a police car, with whom on either side of him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What sort of costs do the Moors encounter when making arrangements for the graduation celebration?

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

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

7. How does Rufus Henry gain possession of the Gassers' car and destroy it?

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

9. What is Rufus Henry's reaction the next time Nonie Emrey and Judy Williams discuss the Moors sponsoring a graduation celebration?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 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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