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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can the reader conclude is the profession of a pushcart man?
(a) A pushcart man helps people move items from one place to another.
(b) A pushcart man sells junk.
(c) A pushcart man tells people where they can find housing.
(d) A pushcart man sells hot food.

2. Which statement best describes Boots' feelings about white people?
(a) He loves them.
(b) He is indifferent to white people.
(c) He hates them passionately.
(d) He admires their business sense.

3. Who does Lutie decide to ask for $200.00?
(a) Boots.
(b) Jim.
(c) Junto.
(d) Mrs. Hedges.

4. Why does Boots want to dodge the draft?
(a) He is a brand new father and doesn't want to leave his son.
(b) He does not condone violence.
(c) He is an only child and his mother cannot bear the thought of losing him.
(d) He feels he has nothing to fight for.

5. Which statement best describes the relationship between Junto and Boots?
(a) Boots resents Junto's success.
(b) Junto uses Boots to achieve credibility in the neighborhood.
(c) Junto and Boots are best friends.
(d) Junto is responsible for Boots' lifestyle and can easily take it away.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Miss Rinner feel about her students and their families?

2. What does Boots say when Lutie calls him from the payphone?

3. What conflicting impulses does Lutie experience after hearing Junto's stipulations about the money?

4. According to Min, how does last winter's sky compare to this winter's sky?

5. How do the neighborhood people feel when Bub is taken away by the postal investigators?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Junto refusal to fight in the war?

2. In Chapter 17, Lutie is going to visit Bub at the Children's Shelter. The day is dark and grim. How has the author used the weather to supplement the telling of this story? How does the author's decision to use weather to supplement a story's telling impact the reader?

3. What does Boots' ultimate decision to obey Junto's request to leave Lutie alone say about his character?

4. Jones is under the impression that Lutie would not have reacted so negatively to his advances if Min had not let the dog out. Is this an accurate assumption on Jones' part? Explain.

5. Boots hesitates before conceding to Junto's request that Lutie be left alone. What might that slight hesitation suggest?

6. Unfortunately, Bub's demise can be directly tied to Lutie. Despite her many attempts to keep Bub safe, she is actually the bait used to trap him. What message is the author trying to reveal with this fact?

7. Jones realizes that Min has left in Chapter 16. He notes how empty his apartment feels and is especially disturbed by the absence of the table. Why is Jones' reaction ironic?

8. What likely explains Lutie's decision to stop discussing money with Bub (made in Chapter 13)?

9. Throughout the book, Mrs. Hedges has been painted as a negative personality by both Jones and Lutie. On the other hand, Min and Junto regard her highly. Which perception would the author like the reader to trust?

10. Describe Jones' inability to own any responsibility for the nature of his relationship with Lutie.

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