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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 does Henry become obsessed with in Kindergarten?
2. What did people always say that Henry was doing?
3. Which of the following characters begins sitting next to Henry at school?
4. What do Frank and Henry sell to the Jewish ladies who sit on the benches at the beach?
5. Which of the following characters is cross-eyed?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why wouldn't Big Henry allow Henry's mother to give Aunt Anna money when they obviously needed some to buy food?
2. What sins does Henry make up when he can't think of anything he's done wrong during confession?
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. How does Henry begin to be included with the neighborhood boys?
6. When Frank moves away with his mother what does he send back to Henry that they continue to exchange for awhile?
7. What intrigues the group of boys about the spider and how is it ruined for them?
8. What happens when Henry's father drives to an orange grove to pick oranges?
9. Why did Henry become obsessed with bathroom practices in kindergarten?
10. What does Henry's new teacher do with Henry's essay about the personal appearance of President Hoover?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The character of Jimmy desperately wants to be friends with Henry. How does Jimmy show this? Do you think it helps or hurts his chances of being friends with Henry? Would you be friends with Jimmy? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay describing why Henry would say that he doesn't hate his father and is too confused for that. Would you be able to hate Big Henry if he were your father? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay describing why Henry wants to be a bad guy. Use specific examples from the text to support your answer. Should Henry look to people like Dillinger and Ma Barker as role models? Why or why not?
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