View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents," who is Angel Carter?

2. In "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents," what subject is the quiz about?

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

4. In "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents," why is the narrator writing it?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the narrator get her nickname?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What do Santosh and Tomas have in common?

8. In "Seventy-Six Dollars," Monk's superpowers help him get what he wants from Angel, but they also prevent him from getting what he wants from her. How?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you discuss how Isaiah Dunn changes and grows over the course of the story, "The Rice and Beans Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn." What is he like at the beginning of the story? What is he like at the end? What has happened to change him?

Essay Topic 2

Many images seem to reappear over the course of this story collection: the beach, ice cream, basketball, water, cars, etc. Choose one image that shows up in at least two stories. The compare and contrast how the image is used in each story to develop the stories' themes.

Essay Topic 3

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,073 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample