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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. Where do Paul and Spenser catch the person whom they are looking for in Chapter 24?
2. What favor does Spenser ask of Susan in Chapter 23?
3. In Chapter 24, where do Paul and Spenser go after lunch?
4. The first morning that Paul and Spenser are in the cabin, what does Spenser set out for breakfast?
5. What is Spenser's response when Paul asks him why he thinks that Paul's parents say everything is for girls?
Short Essay Questions
1. Is Spenser's plan to blackmail the Giacomins in order to make them pay for Paul's education and living expenses, as well as staying away from him a good plan? Why? Why not?
2. Does Susan make a good point about parental rights in Chapter 23? Why? Why not?
3. What is the lesson that Spenser is trying to teach Paul via the two of them building the cabin together with their own hands instead of hiring someone else to do it or using machinery?
4. In Chapter 21 we are able to see how Paul is growing both physically and emotionally. How has he grown?
5. Why does Spenser decide to take Paul to Fryeburg and build a cabin?
6. Why is the discussion that Spenser and Paul have in Chapter 21 about the rules of fighting an important one?
7. What type of character is Harry Cotton?
8. Why does Spenser feel that teaching Paul to box and weight lift is important?
9. Why does Paul's revelation that he would like to be a dancer important?
10. How does Susan feel about Spenser sending Paul and Patty to her house in Chapter 13?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Another major theme of this story is that of personal responsibility. Explore the idea of personal responsibility as it relates to each major character (Spenser, Susan, Patty, Mel, and Paul). How does each character feel about personal responsibility? How do they demonstrate those beliefs? Use instances from the text to support your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Mel and Patty have a complex relationship. They used to be in love, hence their marriage and Paul's birth. Somewhere along the way, that marriage disintegrated, leading to their separation and eventual divorce. Now their only purpose is to hurt each other in any way that they can, specifically to use Paul as the object to do that with.
Part 1) Explore the motivation that the two have to hurt each other the way that they do; why do you think that they do it?
Part 2) What effect has that relationship between his parents had on Paul?
Use specific examples from the text to support your answers.
Essay Topic 3
Spenser and Susan both support Paul's dream to become a dancer. In fact, they take him to see live dance performances and help him find a school where he can learn about dance. How important will that support be for Paul as he enters his new school? How about in the rest of his life? How is it different from the support that his parents agreed to give to him?
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