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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 Titus Hoyt teach himself?

2. From where does the author's mother fetch him?

3. What bet does the author place on Big Foot's big fight?

4. Who comforts the author when he starts crying?

5. What do Errol, Boyee and the author think will make the war end quickly?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Big Foot do for a living and what happens one day on the beach when the author and Big Foot connect briefly?

2. Why do the people of Miguel Street finally laugh at Morgan, and what happens to him then?

3. What is the main focus of chapter 10 where Laura is introduced to the reader?

4. Describe Big Foot and why the author is frightened of him.

5. Who is Morgan and what is his problem?

6. What changes Eddoes's happy disposition?

7. What does Titus do because he is not really qualified to become a teacher?

8. How does Eddoes use his job to make extra money?

9. What does Titus do after getting his certificate?

10. What does Titus Hoyt urge the author to do, why and against whose wishes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. Describe Hat's appearance.

2. What does Hat love and what does he love to do?

3. Who is Hat's Dolly and what results from his relationship with her? How does this affect the author?

4. Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1. How does the author change when he becomes eighteen and what does his mother decide he should do?

2. Who does the author's mother take him to see and what is the result?

3. Describe the party the author's mother throws for him.

4. Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1. Describe Big Foot and tell why the author finds him so scary.

2. Who are Big Foot's parents, and how did his mother treat him and how did that influence how he behaves?

3. Describe the incident when the author and Big Foot meet alone on the beach.

4. Choose two of the three topics to write on.

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