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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 Bull insist on buying for Mary Anne in order for her to go to the prom?
(a) A new dress.
(b) New shoes.
(c) A new necklace.
(d) A crosage.

2. What person does Ben think of during the tryouts?
(a) His father.
(b) His old basketball coach.
(c) His mother.
(d) His old baseball coach.

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

4. Who drags Sammy from his car on lover's lane?
(a) His date's father.
(b) A local cop.
(c) A rapist.
(d) His date's boyfriend.

5. Who does Bull blame for Ben's lack of a killer instinct?
(a) Mary Anne.
(b) Ben himself.
(c) Lillian.
(d) Lillian's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Rock Troy?

2. Why does Bull send Ben to his room?

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

4. What does Mary Anne tell Ben after dinner the night of the prom?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does being Jewish affect Sammy?

2. Why does Ben injure a player from the opposing team during a basketball game?

3. Why does Bull restrict what Ben can eat on game day?

4. 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?

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

6. Why does Mary Anne call the bar where Bull and his squadron are drinking together, pretending to be Lillian?

7. What is Ben's biggest fear as he tries out for basketball?

8. Why does Ben want to avoid the local hang-out after being thrown off the basketball team/.

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

10. Why is Arrabelle frightened for Toomer in the aftermath of the rape?

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