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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. What new laws are in effect that will affect Jerome?

2. Who shows up in the middle of the game that Jerome is describing?

3. About what does the visitor to Jerome's home assure Jerome?

4. How does the counselor respond to Jerome's choice of schedule change?

5. Where will Jerome start attending school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are two reasons Jerome gives for being the one to tell Bix's story?

2. What does the driver of the grill truck say to Jerome?

3. What is hidden in a grove of trees and what sometimes watches Jerome there?

4. What is one thing Jerome quickly learns at Chestnut school?

5. What does the school counselor suggest to help Jerome with his new responsibilities at home and what do the two finally agree for Jerome to do?

6. What new responsibilities does Jerome assume at home and who talks to Jerome about this?

7. What does Jerome's former principal say when he visits Jerome and his momma?

8. Describe Braxton Rivers' parents.

9. How is Jerome's attention forced away from his attempt to make friends?

10. What is the traditional game that Jerome discusses?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. Who is/are the protagonists of the story and why?

2. Who is/are the antagonists of the story and why?

3. Which 3 secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot?

4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not?

5. Do you think this is a character-driven plot or an action-driven plot? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

The book's concluding moments draw Jerome's journey of transformation, his coming of age, to a close. Over the course of The Moves Make the Man, Jerome grows as a person in both complexity and understanding. The Moves Make the Man might be considered a slice of Jerome's larger story of his "coming of age." It might be said that The Moves Make the Man is a "bildungsroman" of Jerome Foxworthy. Discuss the following:

1. Define Bildungsroman, or "Coming of Age," and give several examples from literature you have read.

2. Trace and analyze the character of Jerome as he changes from a more carefree, innocent boy to a wiser, young man. What are the significant events that change Jerome?

3. After thoroughly analyzing Jerome's growth throughout The Moves Make the Man, do you think The Moves Make the Man could be considered Jerome's Coming of Age story? Why or why not?

4. Are there any other characters in The Moves Make the Man who go through a Coming of Age experience? Who? Why do you think so?

Essay Topic 3

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think The Moves Make the Man is? Explain your response.

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