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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. Where does Alfred end up going for the first time in Chapter 2?
(a) The library.
(b) The movies.
(c) A car dealership.
(d) Donatelli's gym.

2. Who stops the fight in Chapter 7?
(a) Bud.
(b) Willie Streeter.
(c) Mr. Donatelli.
(d) Alfred.

3. How old is the character of Alfred at the beginning of the novel?
(a) 17.
(b) 14.
(c) 19.
(d) 22.

4. When Alfred was young, he and his friend imagined being wrestlers. Who was Alfred going to be?
(a) Brawny Brooks.
(b) Bad Brooks.
(c) Behemoth Brooks.
(d) Brawlin' Brooks.

5. In literature, what conflicts occur when a character is in disagreement with him or herself?
(a) Character conflicts.
(b) Internal conflicts.
(c) External conflicts.
(d) Relational conflicts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alfred hears music from what instrument before the fight in Chapter 7?

2. What day of the week is it in Chapter 4?

3. Where did Robert Lipsyte grow up?

4. Who said that if Alfred came back he might as well see what he came back for in Chapter 6?

5. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who intercepts Alfred on his way home following the robbery in Chapter 1? What news does Alfred learn?

2. How does the author describe Alfred's first few weeks of training in Chapter 10? What does Aunt Pearl learn?

3. How does Alfred's training begin in Chapter 5? What leads to his dejection?

4. What leads up to Alfred entering Donatelli's gym in Chapter 2?

5. What does Alfred do when the boys go to rob the store in Chapter 1? Where and why does he go to look for James?

6. What does Alfred encounter when he enters Donatelli's gym in the beginning of Chapter 6? How does the gym differ from the society in which Alfred lives?

7. How does the author describe Madison Square Garden in Chapter 7? What are Alfred's impressions?

8. Describe the character of Alfred in Chapter 1. Where does Alfred live and what does the exposition reveal about his history?

9. Who encounters Alfred and encourages him to stay at the gym in Chapter 6? What does this character tell him?

10. Discuss the conflicts in Chapter 6. What does Alfred learn from them?

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