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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 does Joey dream about at the opening of the novel?

2. What is Momsen's lover's weakness?

3. Where does Pimko hide while taking notes on the children while they play at the playground?

4. Which of the following body parts is not one Momsen attacked on Filibur's wife?

5. Which of the following sciences does Professor Momsen study?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Kopydra want to engage in the dual between the lads and the guys?

2. What bizarre dream does Joey have the night before the novel opens?

3. What career path has Joey chosen for himself, and what is the general consensus from his family?

4. Who are the Youngbloods?

5. How does the narrator feel about Chopin?

6. What is Mrs. Youngblood's reaction to Joey's age?

7. How do the students in Joey's classroom treat their teachers?

8. What reason does Joey give for his own personal struggle with immaturity?

9. What is Joey's first impression of Zuta when he sees her?

10. How does the narrator claim a novel is truly read?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The story "The Child Runs Deep in Filibert" is really a comedy of errors. First, describe the inciting incident that set all the action of this story into motion. What events happened as a direct reaction to the inciting incident in this story? Then, explain why you believe the narrator chose to interject this story into Joey and Kneadus' journey. How does the story "The Child Runs Deep in Filibert" directly reflect the main story in the novel of Joey and Kneadus? Be sure to choose at least two scenes from the novel that you think best exemplify and strengthen your argument and describe them in this essay.

Essay Topic 2

Doctor Pimko is introduced at the opening of the novel as a much different doctor than he is at the end of the novel. First, describe the first scenes in which Pimko is introduced to the reader. How is he treating his patients? Then, compare that to the Doctor Pimko the reader sees at the end of the novel. Choose at least two scenes that you think best exemplify Doctor Pimko's change, and describe these scenes.

Essay Topic 3

When Joey arrives at the school, his schoolmates quickly divide up into two gangs, the lads and the guys. First, explain how the division among the boys came about in the schoolyard. Who is declared the leader of each of the gangs? What characteristics define the boys who are lads and boys who are guys? In what way does the schoolyard division reflect the social divide that is taking place in the town Joey lives in? Be sure to cite examples from the text to strengthen your argument.

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