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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 is hidden in a grove of trees?
2. How does Jerome characterize Mr. Eggelestobbs?
3. What is "You LIke It, It Likes You"?
4. Why is Jerome angry?
5. About what does Jerome's Communications teacher lecture Jerome?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jerome's momma point out to him one day and how does he react?
2. What is one thing Jerome quickly learns at Chestnut school?
3. What does Jerome say about his French and Communications classes?
4. What is hidden in a grove of trees and what sometimes watches Jerome there?
5. What does Jerome's former principal say when he visits Jerome and his momma?
6. Describe Braxton Rivers' parents.
7. What does Jerome say about regaining his sense of privacy and how he is mistaken?
8. What is Jerome doing the night he meets Bix?
9. What does Jerome say about making friends?
10. How is the black team's playing and what interferes with that?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in The Moves Make the Man. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?
2. Trace and analyze the theme of courage in The Moves Make the Man. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of truth in The Moves Make the Man. Consider also the theme of lying as opposed to truth and what truths are presented.
Essay Topic 2
Mr. Egglestobbs, comments that Jerome is deceiving himself is a manifestation of the novel's thematic concentration on issues of honesty vs. truth. Here it's important to note that while the portrayal of the character is essentially a comic one, there is truth in what he says - Jerome really is deceiving himself, if he believes merit and skill alone will get him a place on the basketball team.
1. Discuss why you think Jerome is deceiving himself about basketball. Use examples from The Moves Make the Man and your own life to support your answer.
2. Do you think merit and skill should be able to overcome prejudice? Why or why not? Use examples from The Moves Make the Man and your own life to support your answer.
3. Discuss, in depth, how some people will actually rather hurt themselves then to let go of prejudice. For example, the coach rather let the team lose a player, (Jerome), who could help them win a championship, than to let go of his prejudice. Use examples from The Moves Make the Man and your own life to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:
1. Fully explain why you think The Moves Make the Man is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?
2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.
3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.
4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?
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