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

2. What does Henry's mother give to Anna and her family?

3. Where does Frank's father's give the boys money to visit?

4. Where does Henry begin going with Frank?

5. What position does Henry play in the kickball games in physical education class?

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

3. How can the reader infer that Aunt Anna and her family need money to buy food?

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

5. What happens between Mr. Knox and Henry when Henry is sent to the principal's office for fighting?

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. How does Henry feel after the beating from his father and what actions does he take?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about how Henry's destruction of the spider web is really him lashing out against his own entrapment. Why do you believe this is or is not the case? Be sure to use examples from the text to support your answers. Do you believe Henry is justified in wanting to lash out? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about how advanced Henry seems to be for a first grader. Do you believe first graders today act like Henry? Why or why not?

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