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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. Getting suspended would be like throwing away Mick's position to whom in Part 4, Chapter 3?

2. What does Mick tell Peter he is against in Part 4, Chapter 5?

3. What church does Mick attend with his parents in Part 4, Chapter 8?

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

5. Mick goes to Peter and asks for pills to do what in Part 4, Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Mick realize about his friendship with Drew in Part 5, Chapter 5?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of Mick's father in the novel. How does Mick feel about his father growing up? How do Mike's actions during Mick's childhood help to develop Mick's character?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the character of Peter Volz in the novel. How does Mick feel about his first meeting with Peter? How is Mick's second meeting with the trainer different?

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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