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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," what gets used as a trampoline?

2. What is the setting for "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains"?

3. In "Flying Lessons," what does the grandmother say you can do in Europe?

4. In "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents," how is the narrator changed?

5. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," what is the name of the family in the uncle's story?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the game against the Clippers in "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push."

2. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what does the dad teach his son's team?

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

4. How does Nani manage to introduce Santosh and Tomas?

5. In "Flying Lessons," who does Santosh meet at the beach?

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

7. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," why does the narrator's dad always seem so quiet?

8. In "Flying Lessons," why has the grandmother brought Santosh to Europe?

9. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what happened to put the narrator in a wheelchair?

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

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 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

Several of these stories take place in the summer. Choose at least two and write an essay in which you consider how summertime affects the stories' plot and themes.

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