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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 does Maurice go off to college to do?
2. What is Bix's stepfather busy gathering?
3. What is Jerome's preferred sport?
4. With whom does Miss Pimton suggest Jerome partner?
5. What new laws are in effect that will affect Jerome?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Jerome describe his momma?
2. What does Jerome's former principal say when he visits Jerome and his momma?
3. What is Jerome doing the night he meets Bix?
4. Who does the narrator, Jerome, introduce and what does he say about where the young man is?
5. Who accompanies Jerome to the basketball court one day and how does Jerome feel about that?
6. Who is going to be the other boy in Jerome's Home Economics class and what does the school counselor say about him?
7. Describe Jerome's attempt to be accepted on the basketball team.
8. What are two reasons Jerome gives for being the one to tell Bix's story?
9. What are Jerome and his momma told about the new integration regulations?
10. What is hidden in a grove of trees and what sometimes watches Jerome there?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?
2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Brooks' agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Brooks' probable agenda concerning that idea.
2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?
3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?
4. Research the life of Brooks and see if/where his life may have influenced his writing.
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
Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:
1. Compare/contrast the characters of Jerome and Bix. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.
2. Compare/contrast the characters of Jerome's mother and Bix's stepfather. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?
3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in The Moves Make the Man help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.
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