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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 "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," the story is about Oklahoma, but where is it being told?

2. In "Main Street," how old is the narrator when she first meets Celeste?

3. In "Flying Lessons," why does Nani take Santosh on the trip in the first place?

4. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," how much is the team down at half time?

5. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what is the name of the team they play?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Choctaw Bigfoot," what does the narrator's mother tell him about his uncle?

2. In "Seventy-Six Dollars," how does Monk convince Angel Carter he has superpowers?

3. In "Seventy-Six Dollars," how does Monk imagine he got superpowers?

4. What does the title "Main Street" have to do with the story?

5. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," why is the narrator so nervous about his dad getting involved with his team?

6. In "Main Street," what has happened to the narrator's mother?

7. What career did the narrator's father have in "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push."

8. In "Choctaw Bigfoot," what is the moral of the story?

9. In "Seventy-Six Dollars," describe what Monk is writing and how.

10. In "Choctaw Bigfoot," what is the narrator's attitude towards his uncle and the story he tells?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

In an essay, discuss how Samantha's relationship with her mother develops over the course of the story "Secret Samantha."

Essay Topic 3

In an essay, discuss why you feel the author chose to write "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents" in verse. How does writing it this way help him get his point across?

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