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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. When does it begin to rain in "Rainy Season"?

2. How old is Farnham in "Crouch End"?

3. What lie does Laurie tell her mother in "The House on Maple Street"?

4. What does Bill die from in "Sorry, Right Number"?

5. How many children are in the Bradbury family in "The House on Maple Street"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does "The Fifth Quarter" end?

2. Describe Maddie Pace in "Home Delivery."

3. Why do John and Elise Graham travel to Willow, Maine, from St. Louis, Missouri, in "Rainy Season"?

4. What did Barney tell Jerry Tarkanian in "The Fifth Quarter"?

5. Describe Clivey in "My Pretty Pony."

6. In "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band," how do Clark and Mary Willingham end up in Rock and Roll Heaven?

7. Why is Doris Freeman in England in "Crouch End"?

8. What are the three kinds of time, according to George in "My Pretty Pony"?

9. What are the Grahams warned about in "Rainy Season," and how did they react to that warning?

10. What kind of struggle do the policemen in "Crouch End" experience?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"Head Down" is a nonfiction piece about a Little League baseball team's endeavor to win the Eastern Regional Championships in 1989. How are the children treated in practice and in games? What are the two things they are told that are most important about playing sports? How do they enforce those two rules about playing sports? Remember to answer each question with evidence from the story.

Essay Topic 2

While Doris tells her story to the policemen in "Crouch End," she displays shock as well as despair in the fact that she may never see her husband again. What symptoms of shock does she display, and how are they displayed? How does she show her despair? Remember to answer each question with evidence from the story.

Essay Topic 3

In "Sneakers," John Tell finds out something startling about a man who has become a close friend to him. How does John Tell find out the truth about Paul Jannings? What is the truth? How does he react to the truth? Remember to answer each question with evidence from the story.

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