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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. How does Ghost describe the sound of the gunshot?

2. What does Ghost say Charlotte Lee holds the world record for?

3. How does Ghost characterize his responses to the insults?

4. How does Coach Brody describe the Defenders?

5. How does Ghost say warming up for track makes him feel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What convinces Ghost to try to run against Lu?

2. What does Coach Brody tell his athletes about the team they are on?

3. How does Ghost convince the principal not to suspend him?

4. Where is Ghost’s father now?

5. What is Ghost’s personality like?

6. What does Brandon tease Ghost about, that leads to the fight?

7. What is Ghost’s relationship with basketball?

8. What are “ladders” to Ghost and the other runners (62)?

9. Why does Ghost end up cutting up his sneakers?

10. What is Ghost’s first impression of Lu?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you rewrite Ghost, if you were to adapt it and make it your own. What part of the book would you preserve? What part would you change? Explain your motivation for the changes you would make.

Essay Topic 2

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 3

Who is the audience for Ghost? What is the ideal reader for Ghost likely to think about the book’s main topics? How does this book try to affect the reader? What is it trying to teach him or her, or get him or her to do?

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