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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 happens in Jerome's Home Economics class the next week?
2. What does Jerome's mother want Jerome to do with what he wins?
3. Where did Bix get the basketball he has with him?
4. What surprises Jerome when he tells his mother about Bix?
5. What is Jerome prepared to do the next time he goes to his Home Economics class?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Jerome's lantern come to be called Spin Light?
2. How does Jerome discover who is at "his" court one night?
3. About what does Bix challenge Jerome?
4. Why does Bix get angry at Jerome?
5. Why does Bix challenge his stepfather to a one-on-one game and who is to referee the game?
6. How does Jerome win a lantern?
7. What does Miss Pimton teach to make in the next class and what is Jerome's reaction?
8. How do Bix and Jerome deepen their friendship?
9. What is Jerome surprised to see when he arrives at the basketball court?
10. What does Jerome tell his momma about Bix and what is her response?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Characters are an important part of what makes The Moves Make the Man interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Jerome. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Bix. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Bix's stepfather. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss one of the following:
1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in The Moves Make the Man.
2. Trace and analyze one major theme of The Moves Make the Man. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of The Moves Make the Man. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
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