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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 accepts full responsibility for the night of drunkenness?

2. Which word best describes what Cole hopes to do to Mason and Tex?

3. What did Tex do to an art project which got him in trouble?

4. What happens to the hitchhiker?

5. Where is the fair?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of summer job did the Miss Johnson find for Tex?

2. Which character seems to have stayed the same throughout the novel?

3. How does Pop react to the situation that Tex has gotten himself in?

4. Who keeps their cool during the hitchhiker incident?

5. What does Tex remind Jamie about relationships?

6. What goes through Tex's mind when he considers that Mason may be quite ill?

7. What problem does Jamie have with Lem's life?

8. Why do Tex and Jamie keep it secret that they are dating?

9. Why did Tex and Jamie end their relationship at the end of this chapter?

10. How did Mason get the heat to be turned back on the next day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing how the relationship between Mason and Tex might improve once Mason has gone off to college.

Essay Topic 2

Mason was diagnosed with a non-serious ulcer. Imagine that he had been diagnosed with a much more serious disease. Write an essay describing how other events in the novel might have changed based on this different diagnosis.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing the many good choices that Tex makes throughout the novel. Be sure to use specific examples from the novel to support your essay.

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