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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. Who does Jerome look for but cannot find?

2. What is Bix's stepfather busy gathering?

3. Who makes a spectacular play that sends the black team to the bench?

4. Who visits Jerome just before school opens?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jerome describe his brother, Maurice?

2. Who shows up to cheer for Bix, and what are Jerome's observations about her and Bix's reaction to her?

3. What is Jerome doing the night he meets Bix?

4. What does Jerome say about the white sports league versus the black one?

5. What does Jerome's momma point out to him one day and how does he react?

6. What does Jerome say about regaining his sense of privacy and how he is mistaken?

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

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

9. What does Jerome say about the situation about attending Chestnut Street Junior High School, and how does his momma react?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss The Moves Make the Man based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if The Moves Make the Man is a successful novel.

3. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults? Why or why not? Would most adults consider The Moves Make the Man a successful novel? What about young teens?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of The Moves Make the Man, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in The Moves Make the Man. (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?

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