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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 do Armpit's parents do when he gets home?
2. What story was a plant by El Genius?
3. What is Ginny's physical problem?
4. Who has threatened Kaira?
5. What does Kaira want to know when the show is delayed?
Short Essay Questions
1. What speech does Armpit deliver using Coo as a prop, and how does Tatiana respond?
2. Why is Kaira pacing nervously backstage?
3. Why does Kaira ride in the band's bus and whose music does the band play for her?
4. What does Kaira decide to sing and how does it turn out?
5. What do Ginny and Armpit do after the concert?
6. What does Kaira say about Armpit and Ginny's experience with the forged tickets?
7. Why does Armpit get angry with X-Ray, and how does X-Ray respond?
8. What does Ginny's mother allow Armpit to do and what comment does she make that surprises Armpit's mother?
9. Who is X-Ray and what does he want of Armpit and what is Armpit's initial response to X-Ray's proposal?
10. What is the election result and how does Tatiana console Armpit?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Over the course of Small Steps, Armpit grows as a person in both complexity and understanding. Small Steps might be considered a slice of Armpit's larger story of his "coming of age." It might be said that Small Steps is a "bildungsroman" of Theodore Johnson. Discuss the following:
1. Define Bildungsroman, or "Coming of Age," and give several examples from literature you have read.
2. Trace and analyze the character of Armpit as he changes from a more immature, gullible boy to a wiser, young man. What are the significant events that change Armpit?
3. After thoroughly analyzing Armpit's growth throughout Small Steps, do you think Small Steps could be considered Armpit's Coming of Age story? Why or why not?
4. Are there any other characters in Small Steps who go through a Coming of Age experience? Who? Why do you think so?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in Small Steps. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?
2. Trace and analyze the theme of trust in Small Steps. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to be trustworthy? Why? Which are not?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of change in Small Steps. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with change? Why? What are some symbols of change? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid? Which characters change the most? How?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?
2. Analyze and discuss Small Steps based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Small Steps is a successful novel.
3. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults? Why or why not? Would most adults consider Small Steps a successful novel? What about young teens?
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