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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 throw the ball around with in Part 4, Chapter 10?

2. Mick makes the papers for his game and sees that he has done what in Part 5, Chapter 2?

3. Mick decides that he has to do what before the game in Part 5, Chapter 13?

4. Who does Mick stop hanging out with in Part 4, Chapter 4?

5. What team does Mick's school play in Part 5, Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Drew prevent Mick from using drugs in Part 5, Chapter 13?

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

3. What causes Mick to go back to using drugs in Part 5, Chapter 7? What new drug does he begin to take?

4. What is the outcome of the first game of the season in Part 5, Chapter 1? How does Mick feel about his performance?

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

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

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

8. What leads Mick to waver in his second chances in Part 4, Chapter 8?

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

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

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 the characters of Matt Drager, Nolan Brown and Clark in the novel. In what ways are these characters antagonistic? How does Mick feel about each of these characters?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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