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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. Why do the other players say that Henry should play on the baseball team that plays teams from other schools?

3. Why does Henry ask his teacher when she keeps him after class the day after he learns what sex is?

4. What does Henry say gives him the courage to fight harder when the bigger boys try to take the football away from him and Red?

5. What does Mr. Knox ask Henry?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Though Big Henry and Katherine have been married for a number of years, what new information did Katherine learn about her husband?

4. What does Henry talk about in relation to the boys at his grammar school?

5. What events transpired which led Henry to be sent to the principal's office?

6. What do Henry and Stanley agree upon that happens at school?

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

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

9. Why do Henry and Frank make a break and run away from the man who picked them up and drove them to the air show?

10. Describe the relationship between Lila Jean and Henry and the things they do together.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about how Henry feels about God. Do you believe his feelings are justified? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

At the end of chapter 58, Henry walks away saying that the loss of the second game is important but that he doesn't know why. Why do you think he feels that way? Do you agree? Does this seem like a climax? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Henry often wants to do the right thing in the novel, but is unable to do it. Write about at least one example of this in the novel and be sure to describe the reaction Henry wants to complete but does not. What would you do in the same situation? Why?

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