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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 Stacey bring to his home after the incident in the woods?

2. How is Stacey related to Cassie?

3. Which of the following does Cassie look forward to?

4. Who takes Cassie and the boys for a ride?

5. What motivates Statler's character?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Cassie's father.

2. What is one difference between the blacks and whites in the story?

3. How is dialect used in the story?

4. How does the rest of the group react to Clarence joining the military?

5. What is the author's purpose in the reverend's death?

6. Describe Cassie.

7. Describe the relationship between Moe and Cassie.

8. Describe Jeremy's situation as of Chapter 3.

9. Describe Sissy.

10. What does Stacey's truck represent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are whites juxtaposed in the book? What are the differences between the different whites portrayed in the book? How does the group of friends react to each group? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Why is the Logan family so concerned about the war? What will most likely result from the war? How does the Logan family cope with the idea of a war?

Essay Topic 3

Several characters in the story seem to be caught between two different worlds. Choose two characters and explain what worlds they are trapped between. Are they victims? Why or why not?

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