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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Tex and Mason inundated with?

2. What prank are Johnny and Tex planning at the beginning of chapter nine?

3. Who replaces Mason in the basketball game?

4. Who does Tex call from the phone booth when he is bleeding?

5. Who is the first person Tex talks to upon waking in the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing the relationship between Cole and Tex throughout the novel. Be sure to include specific examples from the text to support your essay.

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 expounding upon the idea that Cole took the entire family on a vacation to Disneyland in order to bury the hatchet with Blackie. Explain why he might want to do this.

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