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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. Mick doesn't have a chance to inject himself in the game against what team in Part 5, Chapter 7?

2. In Part 5, Chapter 7, Coach Carlson decides to give Mick and who equal playing time to see who comes out on top?

3. In Part 5, Chapter 6, Drew tells Mick that the team deserves nothing because of what?

4. Drew reminds Mick about whose pool party the following week in Part 5, Chapter 5?

5. In Part 4, Chapter 12, Mick wants to stop doing stack injections for what reason?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mick decide against using drugs before the game in Part 5, Chapter 12?

2. How do the steroids continue to affect Mick in Part 4, Chapter 4?

3. What saves Mick in Epilogue, Chapter 1?

4. What opportunity does Mick decide to take in Part 4, Chapter 12?

5. How is Mick's athletic performance in Part 5, Chapter 3? How does he feel about it?

6. What does Mick do as a result of rage in Part 5, Chapter 9? What are the consequences?

7. What is thematically significant about Mick's downfall in Part 5, Chapter 6?

8. How is spirituality and religion explored in Epilogue, Chapter 2?

9. What physical effects of ther steroids begin to affect Mick in Part 4, Chapter 5?

10. What does Mick realize about Drew in Part 5, Chapter 15? What does the reader realize?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss acceptance to varsity team and Mick's expectations for the season in Part 2, Chapters 4-6. Where does Mick hope to be placed by the coaches? What is his placement?

Essay Topic 2

Describe foreshadowing and analyze Mick's actions and objectives in Part 3, Chapters 8 and 9. What does Mick want most in this point of the novel? What foreshadows Mick's later suicide attempt?

Essay Topic 3

Describe stack injections and their history in athletics. What are stack injections composed of? What dangers does Mick face in taking them?

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