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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. What does Angel find at the end of her dance?

2. Where does Rob usually sleep while his father is working?

3. What worries Gerald about Monique's medication when she is recovering?

4. What shows Gerald that Monique knew about Jordan's abuse?

5. What does Jordan do when Angel comes through the door?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rob die?

2. How does Jordan deal with Monique after she is injured?

3. Who rides with Angel to the hospital after the fire?

4. What does Jordan scream as he runs out during the fire, and what does this mean?

5. Why does Andy feel inferior around his friends?

6. How does the basketball team show their friendship to Gerald?

7. What does Gerald trip over while trying to get Angel out of the fire, and when does he realize this?

8. What happens when Gerald hears Monique's heels clicking on the way to work?

9. How does Angel show the court what Jordan did to her?

10. What does Jordan do when he realizes the flames in the kitchen were getting big?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the title of this theme symbolize, and what does it mean to Gerald and his family by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

What did Angel's cat symbolize, and why was it so important for Angel to keep her cat alive?

Essay Topic 3

How does addiction affect this plot and how has it changed Gerald's life?

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