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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 happens within the baseball game with Miranda Bell after several innings with no score?

2. With which of the following characters is Big Henry having an affair?

3. What sport does Henry imagine that he is great at playing?

4. How does Henry says boys from his school take their beatings?

5. What happens after Big Henry is confronted by his wife and Edna in his own house?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Henry's parents often refer to his friends as good boys, but never seem to compliment Henry. Why do you believe this is the case? Do you believe this is fair to Henry? What do you think this does to shape Henry's view of himself? Why?

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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