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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. In what neighborhood of New York does Alfred live?
2. What is the name of Alfred's cousin who attends college?
3. Where did Robert Lipsyte grow up?
4. Who is Alfred waiting for in the beginning of Chapter 1?
5. What does Alfred do in order to erase the negative thoughts from his mind in Chapter 10?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Alfred's morning run described in the beginning of Chapter 9? What does he reveal to his aunt?
2. Where does Alfred wake up after being beaten in Chapter 2? Who is with him?
3. 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?
4. Who encounters Alfred and encourages him to stay at the gym in Chapter 6? What does this character tell him?
5. When does Alfred wake and leave the apartment in Chapter 2? Who does he encounter on his way out?
6. In what ways has Alfred overcome obstacles and fears in Chapter 6?
7. 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?
8. What do Major and his gang tell Alfred when he arrives home in Chapter 8? What is Alfred's response?
9. Describe the character of Alfred in Chapter 1. Where does Alfred live and what does the exposition reveal about his history?
10. How does the author describe Madison Square Garden in Chapter 7? What are Alfred's impressions?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and analyze Alfred's relationship with Aunt Pearl in the narrative. How close is Alfred to his aunt? What is his relationship with his cousins like? How long has Alfred lived with his aunt and why?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and discuss the strategies used in the fight in Chapter 7. Why does Donatelli call an end to the fight? What is Willie's reaction? What is Willie's relationship to Donatelli like?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze and discuss the author's use of symbolism in the narrative. How does the author use symbolism to illustrate the theme of racism? What is symbolic in the setting of Donatelli's? What does Mr. Donatelli represent to Alfred?
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