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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. Coach Popper gets mad when only how many players show up for practice?
2. What does Sonny eat at the cafe during his first time back since being banned?
3. When Coach Popper wakes up from sleeping on the bus, what does he find that upsets him?
4. When Sonny kisses Ruth, where are they?
5. Who does Jacy find her mother kissing in the foyer?
Short Essay Questions
1. What can students do during lunch at Thalia High if they don't sneak off?
2. Explain what happens during the basketball game between Thalia High School and Paducah High School.
3. Why did Sam never marry the girl from the tank?
4. Why do you think Lois decides to sleep with Sonny?
5. What is the Farrow's true money situation?
6. It is Sonny and Charlene's anniversary in Chapter 2. What does Charlene demand that Sonny give her for their anniversary? What does Sonny actually give her?
7. Why is Mr. Cecil fired and who gets him fired?
8. Why does Genevieve tell Sonny that it is Dwayne's tough luck that he is with Jacy?
9. Describe the incident with Coach Popper in the hotel room with Bobby Logan.
10. Why do you think Coach Popper didn't tell Ruth that Sonny would be driving her to the doctor?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sam reveals in Chapter 7 that the Farrows will be going broke soon. Write an essay about the effect money has on a family. The Farrows went from being broke to being rich to soon being poor again. They gave up a lot of their poor friends when becoming poor like Genevieve and her husband, so what will become of those relationships when the Farrows become broke again?
Essay Topic 2
In the opening chapter of the book, Sam loses fifty dollars to Abilene on a bet that the Thalia football team will win. Why do you think Sam does this when the Thalia football team almost always loses? Why do you think he would risk losing fifty dollars instead of betting less?
Essay Topic 3
In the first chapter the fact that lives overlap in a small town is evident. Write an essay explaining how the people of Thalia's lives are connected.
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