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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 Coach Brody take away from the newbies at the Chinese restaurant?
2. What does Ghost say is the response to Lu’s secret?
3. What tradition does Coach Brody tell the newbies about after the long run practice?
4. What is Ghost’s response to Lu’s secret?
5. Where does Ghost finally stop running, once he leaves school after having his shoes laughed at?
Short Essay Questions
1. What secret does Lu tell at the restaraunt?
2. What is Sunny’s house like, when Coach Brody and the others go to pick him up?
3. What does Ghost tell Coach Brody when Coach Brody asks him where he got the shoes?
4. What is the Thursday exercise for the Defenders?
5. What is Ghost’s reaction once everyone notices his shoes?
6. What secret does Patty tell at the restaurant?
7. What secret does Coach Brody tell at the restaurant?
8. How do Ghost and the other newbies bond on the way to the Chinese restaurant?
9. What secret does Sunny tell at the restaurant?
10. Why does Ghost hide his cut-up shoes from his mother?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In what ways is Ghost relevant to contemporary readers? What contemporary issues are in play in the book, and how would the book contribute to contemporary discussion? Cite specific discussions from contemporary sources, and cite specific instances from the book, that describe its contemporary relevance.
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
When is Ghost most itself? What is its characteristic passage, or moment? What makes that moment or passage the most representative of the book as a whole? Are there any places where the book seems to depart from its typical self, as if to become a different book?
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