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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 "Main Street," what surprises the narrator about the snow plow?

2. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," what do the Choctaw call bigfoot?

3. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what does the team vote to do after the game?

4. In "Main Street," what instrument does Celeste play?

5. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," what gets used as a trampoline?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In "Choctaw Bigfoot," who are the Bohpoli and what are they like?

6. How are the Choctaw involved in "Choctaw Bigfoot"?

7. In "Choctaw Bigfoot," how does the story climax and eventually end?

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

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

10. In "Seventy-Six Dollars," who is Lisa Castillo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of these stories are told in an unusual way. For example, "Choctaw, Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains" is the story of someone telling a story; "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents "is told in verse; "The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn" is told as a series of journal entries." Choose at least two stories from the collection and compare and contrast how they are told and how the storytelling method affects the stories' meanings.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In an essay, trace the development of leaves as a symbol in the story "Main Street." How does the writer use them and what point is she trying to make with them?

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