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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 Bix doing in the corner of the Home Economics room?
2. How does Jerome make Bix laugh?
3. What does Jerome realize one night when he is practicing?
4. How long is it before Jerome sees Bix again after the disagreement about moves on the court?
5. What are the students to make the next time Jerome goes to his Home Economics class?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Jerome win a lantern?
2. What does Bix do in the Home Economics class that is disturbing?
3. About what does Bix challenge Jerome?
4. Why does Bix challenge his stepfather to a one-on-one game and who is to referee the game?
5. How is Jerome's Home Economics class helping him and what are his brothers' reactions?
6. Where does Jerome find a new place to practice basketball?
7. How do Jerome and Bix tease each other after Jerome shines his lantern on Bix?
8. How does Jerome's new lantern help him with his basketball practice?
9. What does Jerome tell his momma about Bix and what is her response?
10. What makes Jerome realize Bix is in real trouble?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Bruce Brooks.
2. What in Brooks's background may have helped him in writing The Moves Make the Man? What may have influenced the way he depicts various characters and scenes?
3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.
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