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

2. What do Rufus and his mother do in response to Alex Robbins' recommendation regarding the pigtail being cut off?

3. Approaching the event, Rufus sees a line of about how many kids waiting to get in?

4. Rufus is pleased with the plan to hold the dance, as he thinks Simon will try to make trouble and what will happen?

5. Tojo turns Rufus down, but his gang throws a bottle at Rufus, Whitey, and who else as they are leaving?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. What does Rufus Henry learn when he returns home and discovers Alex Robbins is there?

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

6. What task does Rufus Henry have Idell and Baby Gibson perform in preparation for the rumble with the Gassers?

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

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

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

10. At the playground while the Moors are awaiting the arrival of Alex Robbins for a 7 p.m. meeting, two girls approach them in the dark and propose what?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Spell out why sections cut from a hose and filled with sand represent for Rufus Henry a powerful symbol. How do empty hose pieces reflect caution on his part? How do sand-filled hose sections depict lack of caution on the part of his fellow gang members? Why does Rufus turn Judy Williams and Nonie Emrey away when they offer assistance? What is Rufus fearful of?

Essay Topic 2

Frank Bonham uses a literary archetype in the fight scene between Rufus Henry and Bantu. That is, Rufus as the noble warrior only hurting his opponent as necessary. Elaborate on Bonham's use of this technique. Consider why Rufus avoids use of a knife. What are the legal aspects? What position does emerging from the confrontation as the winner without inflicting severe harm symbolize? What does Rufus come out from the fight as in terms of leadership? What is Rufus truly deserving of from his fellow Moors?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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