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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. In "How to Transform," where does the narrator decide to spend his summer?

2. In "The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn," what hair style does Charlie get?

3. In "How to Transform," what does Slim offer to buy the narrator?

4. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," what is the name of Roli's school?

5. In "How to Transform," how far out is the narrator's jumper pure now?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," what happens involving Dona Rosa?

2. In "How to Transform," why does the narrator want to go to the gym in Balboa in the first place?

3. In "The Beans and Rice Chronicles," what happens between Isaiah and Mrs. Fisher?

4. In "The Beans and Rice Chronicles," who is Mr. Shephard?

5. In "The Beans and Rice Chronicles," how does the relationship between Isaiah and his mother erupt?

6. In "How to Transform," why does the narrator decide to give up going to the gym, and what happens when he does?

7. In "How to Transform," how does the narrator finally get into his first game?

8. In "The Beans and Rice Chronicles," who is Miz Rita?

9. In "Secret Samantha," what happens when Samantha goes to the mall with her mother to buy a gift for Blade?

10. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," what does Merci plan to do when she grows up?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you discuss which character you think has the most influence on the narrator's growth in the story "How to Transform an Ordinary Hoop Court into a Place of Higher Learning and You at the Podium" and why.

Essay Topic 2

In an essay, discuss what role Lin Po's poem plans in "The Difficult Path." How does Po define this path? What is this path for the narrator, and does she succeed in walking it?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two or more stories from this collection and write an essay in which you compare/ contrast how money plays an important role in what happens and the messages the authors are trying to get across.

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