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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. Why does Henry decide he can't run away?

3. What did Henry find odd about his grammar school teacher?

4. What do Frank and Henry continue to exchange after Frank moves away?

5. What does the term vicious mean as it is used in the following sentence: Henry knows the players will be sending vicious kicks his way.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Henry's father overreact to after Henry completes the assigned lawn chores and what punishment does he give to Henry?

7. What intrigues the group of boys about the spider and how is it ruined for them?

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe Henry's childhood. How does he relate to other children? Why is this the case? How does Henry's father's employment affect his childhood?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the relationship between Baldy and Henry. How does Henry justify to himself that he is similar to Baldy? Henry says that he doesn't like Baldy, but yet spends time with him and walks him home each day, why do you think this is the case.

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