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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 does Charlie have on his feet in the first heat in Chapter 21?

2. What does Mrs. Picket have Charlie eat at breakfast the day of the race?

3. In Chapter 14, what does Charlie make for himself and his mother?

4. In Chapter 15, from whom do Charlie and Nostrils collect liquor?

5. In Chapter 14, what song does Charlie play for his mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mr. Redmond tell Charlie that he learned to run in Chapter 20?

2. What does Mrs. Pickwick serve for supper in Chapter 21, and why?

3. How does Charlie run the heat and why in Chapter 21?

4. What does Mr. Redmond offer to train Charlie for when Charlie quits boxing in Chapter 14?

5. In Chapter 19, where do Charlie and Mr. Redmond train twice a week in addition to the rabbiting and how does Charlie train?

6. What are Charlie's thoughts as he lays in bed the night before the race?

7. Why does Charlie hesitate in Chapter 16, when he sees the address where he is to deliver the liquor?

8. Why is Squizzy mad at Charlie in Chapter 15?

9. What is Charlie's mother doing in Chapter 12 when he wakes and why does he not stop her?

10. What is different about Charlie's mother in Chapter 17, and what does she do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Foreshadowing is a method authors use to hint at events to come in a novel. How does the author use foreshadowing in the book? Does the use of foreshadowing create suspense?

Essay Topic 2

Charlie is struggling to be the man of the house at the beginning of the book. How does Charlie mature and come of age in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

What does Charlie’s father teach him about character? Why does Charlie think he lacks character?

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