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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. In literature, what conflicts are incompatibilities in how two or more individuals relate to one another?
(a) Internal conflicts.
(b) Adjunct conflicts.
(c) Character conflicts.
(d) Relational conflicts.

2. What refers to an act that looks appealing to an individual?
(a) Temptation.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Conflict.
(d) Catalyst.

3. What causes tensions to be particularly high at the gym in Chapter 10?
(a) The snow.
(b) The heat.
(c) The cold.
(d) The loud noise.

4. Who does Alfred's aunt say has been arrested in Chapter 2?
(a) James.
(b) Sonny.
(c) Lou.
(d) Hollis.

5. What is the name of Alfred's cousin who attends college?
(a) Bud.
(b) Jeff.
(c) Spoon.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the limp that Henry has in the novel?

2. Who had decided that he and Alfred were going to be wrestlers after he found a boxing and wrestling magazine on the street in Chapter 7?

3. Alfred goes into his apartment feeling what at the end of Chapter 8?

4. Who walks into the store and asks if Alfred is going to go to the gym in Chapter 5?

5. Who does Alfred see through the store window at work in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways has Alfred overcome obstacles and fears in Chapter 6?

2. What is Alfred's reputation at work like in Chapter 5? What internal conflict does he face?

3. What is juxtaposed against Alfred's home life in Chapter 4? What contrast is illustrated?

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

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

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

7. How does the author show the differences of the world of television from Alfred's life in Chapter 2?

8. How is the fight described in Chapter 7?

9. 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?

10. What do Major and his gang tell Alfred when he arrives home in Chapter 8? What is Alfred's response?

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