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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 is the narrator's nickname?

2. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," what keeps the family in the story from being injured?

3. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," where does the uncle's story take place?

4. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," how did the narrator wind up in a wheelchair?

5. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what can the narrator's father not do well?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In "Flying Lessons," what is wrong with Santosh's choice of ice cream?

8. How did the narrator get her nickname?

9. In "Seventy-Six Dollars," how did Monk get his name?

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

Write an essay in which you think about how and why Santosh's opinion of his grandmother changes over the course of the story "Flying Lessons." How does this change affect what the story is trying to tell us.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

All of the stories in this collection involve both kids and their parents. Choose any two stories and compare/ contrast the way the writers deal with the relationship between children and parents.

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