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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 Coach Popper tell Ruth when she asks him to bring her a pain pill?

2. Who do Sonny and Dwayne eat with at the all-night diner?

3. When Sonny breaks up with Charlene she goes crying to who?

4. How does Sonny feel about being done with Charlene?

5. What do Sonny and Dwayne eat at the all-night diner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the exchange between Ruth and Dwayne at the annual square dance.

2. What is the Farrow's true money situation?

3. What do Sonny and Jacy do on their wedding night?

4. Why do you think Sonny and Dwayne choose to live above the pool hall?

5. Why did Sam never marry the girl from the tank?

6. Which character is lonely in Chapter 1? Give at least one example from Chapter 1 where it shows their loneliness.

7. When Coach Popper is upset about only having nine boys show up for basketball practice, what does Coach Popper make the team do?

8. Why does Jacy second guess dumping Dwayne?

9. Why do you think Sonny isn't mad at Dwayne for getting him beaten up?

10. Between the glue mixed in with the foot-toughener and the towel fights, does Coach Popper have inappropriate behavior? What do you think these actions reveal about Coach Popper's character that is not necessarily given to us in the text?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters maturity levels really cover the gamut in this story. How do you think the maturity differences affect the characters in their relationships?

Essay Topic 2

Pick your favorite character from this book. Write an essay describing why you chose this character. How do you relate to this character? What is your favorite thing about this character? If you could change one thing about this character what would it be?

Essay Topic 3

Sonny and his father have had some major losses in their lives including Sonny's mother. Due to the losses there is tension between these two characters throughout the story. Write an essay on the effects the losses have had on the two of them as individuals and on their relationship with each other. Which character do you think should be extending a branch to the other to help mend the relationship, and why?

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