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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 difference does Jerome describe concerning sports leagues?
2. Who visits Jerome just before school opens?
3. Where does Jerome find directions to care for a baseball glove?
4. With what class would the other class interfere?
5. What happens when Jerome calls Braxton Rivers "luck"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is one thing Jerome quickly learns at Chestnut school?
2. What does the driver of the grill truck say to Jerome?
3. What does Jerome's momma point out to him one day and how does he react?
4. What does Jerome say about making friends?
5. What is the traditional game that Jerome discusses?
6. 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?
7. What new responsibilities does Jerome assume at home and who talks to Jerome about this?
8. Describe Jerome's attempt to be accepted on the basketball team.
9. What is hidden in a grove of trees and what sometimes watches Jerome there?
10. How does Jerome describe his momma?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
The actual story is the narration of Jerome's journey of transformation from solitary, angry, self-motivated boy to a young man who has experienced friendship, affection, and the motivation / desire to help another.
1. What do think is the one main incident which changed Jerome's thinking about all whites? Discuss the incident and what you see are the emotional and intellectual effects of it on Jerome. Use examples from The Moves Make the Man and your own life to support your answer.
2. Given the incident of what Bix brought to dinner at Jerome's house do you think Jerome did experience friendship and or affection from Bix? Why or why not? Use examples from The Moves Make the Man and your own life to support your answer.
3. Jerome grew much more as a person in this book than did Bix. Take a stance for or against this statement and discuss your reasoning for your stance. Use examples from The Moves Make the Man and your own life to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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