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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. Hager grew up playing with whom?

2. What happened to Jimboy's guitar?

3. Sandy resolves not to let who down?

4. In 'Beware of Women' Tempy complains that Sandy is doing what?

5. Hager was eulogized in the newspaper as how?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sandy feel about what Aunt Hager had taught him? Why does he feel this way?

2. What was the worst incident Sandy had to deal with at the hotel?

3. How does Sandy's life change after Hager's death?

4. Was Sandy's first view of Chicago what he expected? Should he have expected this? Why or why not?

5. How does the reader learn Hager's importance in the community?

6. How is Sandy's hotel job, as mentioned in "Hey, Boy!" bad?

7. Should Sandy have dumped Pansetta?

8. Of what does this first chapter largely consist?

9. Why is Sandy to avoid lower-class women?

10. What is the first major event in "Ten Dollars and Costs?" How might this be both a good and bad job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Harriet has very strong opinions.

Part 1) Describe her very strong opinions. What do these opinions reveal about her personality and beliefs? How does this vibrant personality and these strong beliefs guide her life throughout the story? How different might her life have been if she had not been such a forceful character?

Part 2) How has Hariett's personality and belief system been both detrimental and beneficial? In the end, was it more detrimental or more beneficial? Explain.

Part 3) How does your own personality compare to Harriett's? How do your beliefs compare to hers? How have your personality and beliefs played a role in the events that take place in your life? How influential are you on your own life and the events that take place in your life?

Essay Topic 2

Punishment and consequences take place frequently in this book.

Part 1) Describe the punishments and consequences that take place in this book. Why do they take place? Are they effective? Why or why not? What do they reveal about the characters in the story? What do they reveal about the culture at the time?

Part 2) Do you agree with all of the punishments and consequences in this book? Why or why not? Would similar punishments and consequences exist today? Why or why not?

Part 3) Describe a time when you have been punished. Do you believe this punishment was fair? Why or why not? How did this punishment affect you?

Essay Topic 3

A bout of the mumps changes Sandy's life.

Part 1) Describe this event in the book. Why is this period of Sandy's life so influential? Why had this not taken place before? Why does it have such a lasting effect on Sandy?

Part 2) What other events drastically change the characters in this story? Why are these events so powerful? How important are these events to the plot and outcome of the story?

Part 3) What event has occurred in your life that has had a lasting effect on you? How have you been affected by it? How might this one event change the course of your future?

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