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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. Who does Ghost admit to Coach Brody he is most afraid of?

2. How long ago did Ghost’s father get arrested?

3. What is Ghost’s preferred sport at the beginning of the novel?

4. Why does Ghost say he wants to sleep near his mother?

5. How long was Ghost’s father sentenced to prison for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the team handle it when Lu starts insulting Ghost?

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

6. What is Ghost’s relationship with basketball?

7. What is Ghost’s first impression of Coach Brody?

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

9. How do sunflower seeds connect Ghost with his father?

10. Why is Ghost so fascinated with the Guinness Book of World Records?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role of women in Ghost? How are women portrayed, and what kinds of roles are open to them? How would you evaluate Jason Reynolds’s depiction of women in this novel?

Essay Topic 2

Ghost and Brandon Simmons start off as enemies, but their relationship undergoes something more complicated than that, when Ghost tells his friends to go easy on Brandon. What are the factors that lead to this change? What are the different directions this relationship could take in upcoming chapters? Using examples from the text, make a case for each of the options, and make a prediction about which direction the author will take this relationship in subsequent books in the series.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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