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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 causes fist fights in the vacant lots among some of Henry's friends?

2. Where does Henry begin going with Frank?

3. Why did Henry's family come to America?

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

5. How did Henry feel about his grammar school teacher?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Henry's new teacher do with Henry's essay about the personal appearance of President Hoover?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Henry begin to be included with the neighborhood boys?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing how Henry's father treated Henry throughout the novel. Did this change? Why do you believe it has changed? Use information from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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