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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. Who does Mick apologize to in Part 4, Chapter 8?

2. What team starts out behind in the game in Part 5, Chapter 14?

3. Depression hits Mick the day before what in Part 4, Chapter 10?

4. Mick gets invited by his friends to do what in Part 4, Chapter 6?

5. Who intervenes when Mick throws a student into a locker in Part 4, Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mick humiliated in Part 4, Chapter 7? What does this even signify for his character?

2. What are Mick's actions in Part 5, Chapter 2? What emotions drive those actions?

3. How does Mick feel while watching the game in Part 5, Chapter 11?

4. What performance enhancing drugs does Mick begin taking in Part 4, Chapter 9? Why?

5. What causes animosity and suspicion between Mick and Drew in Part 5, Chapter 8?

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

7. What does Mick discover in an outing with friends in Part 4, Chapter 6?

8. How does Mick's life and career mirror his father's in Part 5, Chapter 10?

9. What saves Mick in Epilogue, Chapter 1?

10. What is significant about Mick's attacking a fellow student in Part 4, Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the differences between steroids and stack injections. What are the dangers of each? How do each of the different drugs affect Mick in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Mick's altercation with Russ Diver in the reading. What leads up to Mick's attack on Russ? Who stops the fight and why?

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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