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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. Dominick recalls how Ma was waiting for ___________ to rescue them when the crazy man approached them on the bus.

2. Who does Dominick believe is simply weighing him down in his life, causing him to be stuck?

3. Who does Dominick visit in order to tell them about Thomas, though this person is not awake and Dominick does not wake them?

4. Dr. Judy Yup is willing to testify that ___________ is oppression when she sees the extent of Dominick's injuries.

5. What is the terminal disease that Thomas and Dominick's mother eventually dies from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Ray and Ma fight over sending Dominick and Thomas to college during the time of the Vietnam War?

2. What does Dominick regret about the summer of 1969 when he is talking with Thomas about sex and marijuana?

3. What do the two boys think about when their mother takes them to a movie in 1958 and both boys are bored?

4. What does Leo suggest to Dominick when he comes to pick him up during this part of the book?

5. What is the long range goal of Patel when she is working with Thomas, a goal she tells Dominick about?

6. What are the therapy techniques which Dominick objects to, as they are causing one person in his life to be at blame?

7. What does Patel think Dominick needs to do in order to relieve his anger and feel better?

8. What is the profession that Leo has when Dominick goes to visit with him during this part of the story?

9. What does seeing young dance students trigger in Dominick when he goes to see Patel and Sheffer?

10. What is Thomas wondering when he is being transported to Three Rivers for observation in this story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Papa decides to drown the monkey because it bites Papa, even though he promised Pasquale he would not.

Part 1: Why do you think Papa breaks the promise to Pasquale?

Part 2: Do you think drowning the monkey was an evil act of Papa or a necessary evil?

Part 3: How do you think Papa's life might have changed had he not drowned the monkey?

Essay Topic 2

Dominick is told that Thomas' new doctors are very good, but that he will not be out quickly as there is a new political climate at the center.

Part 1: Do you think that the political climate at a care center should affect the patients?

Part 2: Why do you think Thomas' care is altered by the political climate?

Part 3: How do you think that Thomas' care might be different if there was no political climate?

Essay Topic 3

Ma seems to be nervous about telling the twins the name of their real father, so she keeps this a secret for a while.

Part 1: Why do you think that Ma evades the question of who the twins' father really is?

Part 2: Do you think it's right for a mother to not tell her sons who their father is?

Part 3: What do you think you might have done if you were not told who your father was and you wanted to know?

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