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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. Armpit is reluctant to let go of ______________.
2. What does Kaira ask Armpit?
3. What does X-Ray warn Armpit to do?
4. Who has threatened Kaira?
5. Whom does Murdock only see once a month?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Ginny's mother allow Armpit to do and what comment does she make that surprises Armpit's mother?
2. Who is Karia DeLeon?
3. What speech does Armpit deliver using Coo as a prop, and how does Tatiana respond?
4. What happens between Armpit and some police officers and why?
5. How does Armpit finally understand his economics concepts?
6. Who is Ginny and what do she and Armpit talk about when he gets home?
7. Why is Kaira pacing nervously backstage?
8. What happens when X-Ray wakes Armpit the next morning?
9. What makes Tatiana decide not to go with Armpit and who does he invite?
10. What does Murdock say and do when X-Ray and Armpit arrive at his restaurant?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
1. What is foreshadowing? How many incidences of foreshadowing are in Small Steps? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense?
2. Discuss an example of foreshadowing in Small Steps, including why you believe it is foreshadowing. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.
3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from Small Steps and your own live to support your opinion.
Essay Topic 2
Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:
1. Fully explain why you think Small Steps is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?
2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.
3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.
4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?
Essay Topic 3
The narrative manifests its thematic interest in the alluring power of money. Also here, it's important to consider how, in some fundamental ways, there is little moral, essential difference between what X-Ray does to Armpit and what El Genius is later revealed to be doing to Kaira. The scope and level of violence are quite different, but the basic principles behind their actions are the same where greed rules.
1. Do you think that a huge sum of money will corrupt everyone? Why or why not? Use examples from your own life and Small Steps to support your reasoning.
2. Explain whether what Armpit and X-Ray did is the same or not the same as what El Genius did except on a smaller scale. Use examples from your own life and Small Steps to support your reasoning.
3. Do you think X-Ray and Armpit should have been punished for scalping and using fake tickets? Was X-Ray more to blame than Armpit? Why or why not? Use examples from your own life and Small Steps to support your reasoning.
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