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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. Before the Low Cuts named themselves that, they were part of another set called what?
2. Who is the only other skater that Pia knows at her school (that is a girl), according to the narrator in "Skitter Hitter"?
3. Where does Pia go after school in the ending of "Skitter Hitter"?
4. Who teased John John, callingh him an old man because of the patch of gray hair on his head?
5. What did Jasmine give TJ for licking a dead mosquito off his arm once?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the meaning of the title of “Water Booger Bears”?
2. How did the Low Cuts get their name?
3. Who are the Low Cuts? How are they described?
4. Why does Fatima make lists?
5. Why does Pia not encounter Stevie in the end of "Skitter Hitter"?
6. When did Fatima first encounter Benni Austin?
7. Why has Jasmine Jordan been away from school in “Water Booger Bears”? For how long has she been away?
8. What is a red herring and how does this apply in “The Low Cuts Strike Again”?
9. What is Pia's relationship with Fawn Samms in "Skitter Hitter"?
10. How did the Low Cuts come together as a group?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of bullying in Look Both Ways. What stories in the anthology focus largely on this theme? What symbolism relates to the theme of bullying? What characters connect with this theme?
Essay Topic 2
Compare the characters of Satchmo Jenkins and Canton Post in Look Both Ways. How are these characters similar? How are they different? In what ways does the past influence each character's perceptions of and actions within the present?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the characters of Gregory Pitts and his friends in “How a Boy Can Become a Grease Fire." What is the most notable thing about Gregory? Are Gregory's friends true allies? How is their friendship demonstrated in the narrative?
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