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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 Coach Brody put the newbies at ease while they wait for their food?

2. Who does Ghost say is the best basketball player at the neighborhood court?

3. What is Sunny’s secret?

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

5. Why does Ghost’s mother not say anything about his new shoes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Ghost’s teammates react to his new shoes?

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

3. What secret does Lu tell at the restaraunt?

4. How do Ghost and the other newbies bond on the way to the Chinese restaurant?

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

6. How does Mr. Charles repair Ghost’s feelings from getting locked in the stockroom?

7. What is Ghost’s mother’s homework, and what kind of education is it part of?

8. What is Ghost’s reaction once everyone notices his shoes?

9. How does Ghost say lying made him feel?

10. What happens to Ghost at Everything Sports?

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

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

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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