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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sister Loretta say is a form of self abuse and therefore a sin?
(a) Masturbation.
(b) Athletics.
(c) Overeating.
(d) Intercourse.

2. Who is Junior Palmer with?
(a) A local nun.
(b) A young black girl.
(c) Ansley.
(d) Mary Anne.

3. What is Ben charged with after Junior arrests him?
(a) Rape.
(b) Stealing a car.
(c) Blackmail.
(d) Hitting a police officer.

4. What is the main topic of conversation in the locker room before the game?
(a) Grades.
(b) Play strategy.
(c) Religion.
(d) Sex.

5. Who bails Ben out of jail?
(a) Lillian.
(b) Bull.
(c) Sammy.
(d) Mr. Dacus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game does Ben compete in the try outs for?

2. Who do the children have to wait on before opening gifts on Christmas morning?

3. Who does Ben help to his feet during his first basketball game?

4. Who does Sammy see at lover's lane?

5. What does Lillian say as she tucks the kids into bed on Christmas Eve?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sammy see at lover's point? What does he hope to do with the information?

2. Who is Junior Palmer?

3. What is the significance of the story Mary Anne tells on Christmas Eve as the family waits for Bull to get ready for church?

4. How does being Jewish affect Sammy?

5. Sammy's date is brutally raped after he is forced out of his car. What impact will this episode have on Sammy and the people of Ravenel?

6. Why does Mr. Loring tease Ben in his English class? How does Ben feel about this attention?

7. Why does Bull criticize Ben's play during his first basketball game? How does Ben feel about this?

8. Whom does Ben recall during try outs? What impact did this man have on Ben's life? What was Bull's role in this relationship?

9. How is Bull's behavior on Christmas morning in contrast with the story Mary Anne tells on Christmas Eve?

10. Who instructs the male students on sex during catechism? Why?

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