Ham on Rye Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Ham on Rye Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. How does Henry's father describe his brothers?
(a) Religious zealots
(b) Crazy
(c) Do gooders
(d) Alcoholics

2. What did Henry's grandfather give to him?
(a) Rifle
(b) Wrist watch
(c) Uniform
(d) Gummy badge

3. What do Frank and Henry sell to the Jewish ladies who sit on the benches at the beach?
(a) Home-made muffins
(b) Fish
(c) Stones
(d) Sea shells

4. What does Henry's father do for a living?
(a) Has a milk route
(b) Delivers newspapers
(c) Runs a dairy farm
(d) Nothing, he is unemployed

5. Why does Henry decide he can't run away?
(a) His father needs him
(b) He couldn't live on his own
(c) He won't be able to find a job
(d) His mother would miss him

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the principal send a note home to Henry's parents?

2. Where does Henry's father drive when the picnic basket was empty one day?

3. What does Henry remember doing when he visited his grandmother?

4. What were Katherine and Betsy making when Henry and his family visited?

5. What did Henry find odd about his grammar school teacher?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why won't Big Henry's dream of moving to the South Seas and never working again be realized?

2. Why wouldn't Big Henry allow Henry's mother to give Aunt Anna money when they obviously needed some to buy food?

3. What does Henry say to his father that is insightful when his father tells him they are traveling the wrong direction and he says that he will leave him behind?

4. What happens when Henry asks to be excused from dinner because he is in too much pain to eat?

5. What intrigues the group of boys about the spider and how is it ruined for them?

6. What does Henry witness when he walks David home and then waits for him outside?

7. What does Henry's grandfather give him that is important to him?

8. What is Henry curious about in regards to Red and how does he satisfy it?

9. What is a common theme among many of the children and adults by this point in the novel?

10. After Henry learns about sex from one of his friends, what does he say repulses him about the idea of sex?

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