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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. Who does Brenda phone in Chapter 6?

2. What is the name of Brenda's father?

3. Why does the coach want Myron to play basketball?

4. Who are Brenda and Myron's mother discussing in the kitchen?

5. What is the name of Brenda's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What new information does Brenda give Myron in this section?

2. Why does F.J. threaten Myron in Chapter 10?

3. What does Whittaker tell Myron about Elizabeth?

4. What does Win tell Myron about F.J. on the way to Brenda's practice?

5. What does Bradford say he wants Myron to tell him?

6. What does Mabel tell Myron about her son Terrance?

7. Why do the police think Brenda killed her father?

8. How does Myron know Brenda's father, Horace?

9. What has Esperanza found out about Elizabeth's death?

10. What new information does Mabel give Myron about Brenda's mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author wrote ONE FALSE MOVE in the third person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the first person?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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