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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 is Patty’s secret?

2. What does Ghost pledge to do before the food comes at the Chinese restaurant?

3. What does Ghost expect his mother would feel if she knew about the shoes?

4. Why does Ghost stay at Mr. Charlie’s store to help him stock shelves after shoplifting shoes?

5. How does Shamika make amends to Ghost for laughing at him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ghost hide his cut-up shoes from his mother?

2. What is it like for Ghost to see Brandon Simmons again after their fight?

3. How does Ghost say lying made him feel?

4. What does Ghost tell Coach Brody when Coach Brody asks him where he got the shoes?

5. What is Ghost’s routine with his mother in the evenings?

6. What happens to Ghost at Everything Sports?

7. What secret does Lu tell at the restaraunt?

8. What happens to Ghost at Mr. Charles’ store, after Ghost had left Everything Sports?

9. What goes on at the basketball court when Ghost goes there after school on Friday?

10. What secret does Coach Brody tell at the restaurant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate Ghost as a bildungsroman, a coming-of-age narrative. What are the challenges Ghost faces in rites of passage in this novel? How does he overcome these challenges, and what does he learn at each stage? How is Ghost a different person at the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Would you recommend Ghost? For what purposes would you recommend Ghost, and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?

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