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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. Why is Mattie Sue happy about Jerome's arrival in Home Economics class?

2. Where is Bix's mother?

3. What does Maurice go off to college to do?

4. What is hidden in a grove of trees?

5. Who does Jerome say smiles politely when the person shows up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What other things does Jerome write about this secret court?

2. Who accompanies Jerome to the basketball court one day and how does Jerome feel about that?

3. How is the black team's playing and what interferes with that?

4. How do Miss Pimton and the girls in Jerome's new class react to his arrival in the classroom and who is assigned to be his partner?

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

6. What does Jerome want to do in church and what does he decide to do for Bix?

7. How does Jerome describe his brother, Maurice?

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

9. How does Jerome describe his momma?

10. Describe Jerome's attempt to be accepted on the basketball team.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

1. What is foreshadow? How many incidences of foreshadow are in The Moves Make the Man? How does foreshadow contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadow in The Moves Make the Man including why you believe it is foreshadow. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from The Moves Make the Man and your own live to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in The Moves Make the Man.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of The Moves Make the Man. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of The Moves Make the Man. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

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