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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. Which of the following homophones did Henry's father use in a joke?

2. Which of the characters stands up for Henry when a boy tries to beat him up and causes the boy to run away crying?

3. How did the baseball game with Miranda Bell end?

4. Why does Henry say he dislikes the music David plays?

5. What does Edna do when Big Henry refuses to choose?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Big Henry say he will do once the doctor tells him that the driver who hit Henry was drunk?

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

3. What happens when Henry's father drives to an orange grove to pick oranges?

4. What happens at the pool that causes Red to move away from Henry without a word of goodbye?

5. When Frank moves away with his mother what does he send back to Henry that they continue to exchange for awhile?

6. How does Henry begin to be included with the neighborhood boys?

7. 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?

8. What sins does Henry make up when he can't think of anything he's done wrong during confession?

9. Describe, in detail, an example of Big Henry's tendency to create scenes in public.

10. What is odd about the first afternoon that David and Henry walk home from school together?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing how Henry's father treated Henry throughout the novel. Did this change? Why do you believe it has changed? Use information from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Henry has a very low opinion of his future at the end of the novel. Why do you believe this is the case? Do you think his feelings are justified? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining why you believe the author often provides no explanation for words or actions. Think of the time Henry told the principal he would kill him as one example.

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