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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. After the jury begins to deliberate on July 17, what does Steve say he is already planning?
2. When Steve's mother comes to visit, how far does he say they are away from each other on either side of the visiting tables?
3. How is Moore related to Bobo?
4. What is King's verdict?
5. When Steve's parents come to visit on Sunday, July 12th, what do they bring news of?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Ms. Moore not at work the day King came to see her?
2. Once each lawyer has rested her case, Steve writes in his journal on Friday, July 17 that it's understandable why other prisoners are obsessed with appeals. What does he realize about their obsession?
3. What has O'Brien asked Steve to do when his response is to write down Mr. Sawicki's name twice?
4. How does the medical examiner say Mr. Nesbitt died?
5. Why did King visit Ms. Moore on the day of the crime?
6. What is Sunset's verdict and sentence?
7. What does Steve realize about why there are so many fights in prison after church on Sunday, July 12?
8. What do the prisoners eat for breakfast on Sunday, July 12?
9. What does Henry mean in the pretrial questioning when she says she is having trouble testifying that King was involved in the crime?
10. What happens when Steve is made to mop the floor?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
While novels are written media, screenplays are the written version of a visual media, film. This book also contains several typographical elements as well as photographs and drawings to communicate visual information. Taking into account all of these formats, describe the fictional strategies Myers has employed to construct imagery and images in this book. How does he blend visual media with written media effectively?
Essay Topic 2
This story relies not only on journal entries, but also on scenes from a screenplay to establish plot, setting, characterization, action, and other fictional elements. Write an analytical essay explaining how Walter Dean Myers establishes Steve's point-of-view in these screenplay scenes. In addition, be sure to include detailed analyses of how this specific point-of-view effectively communicates fictional elements including, but not limited to plot, setting, or characterization.
Essay Topic 3
One major theme of this novel is teenage violence. Explain the role violence between teenagers and violence perpetrated by teenagers plays in the plot and characterization of this novel, and describe the ways in which Walter Dean Myers explores this theme. Be sure to indicate what you think Myers is trying to communicate to the reader about teenage violence, using specific textual examples.
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