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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 is Steve's stepfather's name?

2. Where was Steve's first job?

3. What did Steve want to borrow for his homecoming date?

4. How much money did Doug get from his dad over his bet about the yearbook?

5. What did the members of GOD bring with them to dismantle the homecoming float?

Short Essay Questions

1. The day before the homecoming dance, what does Steve do to prepare?

2. What did his father want him to read in Houston, Sophomore Year?

3. The blue envelopes sitting on the bar Steve's senior year are significant why?

4. The GOD club's float of the hammer garnered much attention and won what award?

5. Cap's is the place that Steve goes to after school. What is it and why is it good for Steve?

6. Doug Chappell is Steve's best friend who has formed a club at school for what reason?

7. Steve's sophomore year Doug and Steve formed a new group after they are done with Skate or Die. What was the second club and what did it mean?

8. What differences are obvious between the two Merit Finalists at Wakefield High?

9. What was Steve and Dub's first date?

10. Why does Steve goes to visit his mother at her workplace his senior year?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Steve to his father.

Part 1) Are the similarities between Steve and his father realistic?

Part 2) Is there anything shown to the reader that shows how much they are alike earlier in the story?

Essay Topic 2

The author makes the story seem very realistic.

Part 1) In what ways is the story realistic?

Part 2) In what ways is the story not realistic?

Part 3) Does it make a story better to have it all be realistic? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on one of the following subjects:

Part 1) The inner turmoil that teenagers feel and the emotional and or physical release that drugs provide.

Part 2) A teenager's need to feel accepted.

Part 3) The importance that music has on young adults.

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