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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 Bix challenge his stepfather to do?
2. What does Bix's stepfather agree to do though he is clearly tired?
3. Where has Jerome seen his partner before?
4. What is Bix doing in the corner of the Home Economics room?
5. What happens in Jerome's Home Economics class the next week?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Bix seem in the Home Economics class?
2. Who wins the best pie contest and what are the girls' reactions?
3. What is Jerome surprised to see when he arrives at the basketball court?
4. How is Jerome's Home Economics class helping him and what are his brothers' reactions?
5. How does Jerome's lantern come to be called Spin Light?
6. How long of a break is there when Jerome and Bix do not see each other, and what does Jerome do as far as practicing basketball in the meantime?
7. Who is watching Jerome one day as he is practicing and what does Jerome do?
8. How does Jerome win a lantern?
9. How does Jerome discover who is at "his" court one night?
10. Why does Bix challenge his stepfather to a one-on-one game and who is to referee the game?
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
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.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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