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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 characterize Goose, the drug dealer?

2. Why does Mr. Charles say that he is changing the routine between himself and Ghost regarding the sunflower seeds?

3. Why does Ghost tell people to go easy on Brandon in school on Friday?

4. What does Ghost call the people on the Stairmaster treadmills?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Sunny’s house like, when Coach Brody and the others go to pick him up?

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

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

4. What secret does Sunny tell at the restaurant?

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

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

7. What is the Thursday exercise for the Defenders?

8. How does Mr. Charles make Ghost feel better for having been laughed at?

9. What secret does Patty tell at the restaurant?

10. How does Shamika atone for embarrassing Ghost the day before?

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

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 3

What effect does Ghost’s father’s ‘losing it’ have on Ghost, and how does he repair that effect through the course of the novel?

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