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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. When Wes and his family moved to his grandparents' home in Chapter 2, how many people lived there after Wes arrived?

2. At what age did Tony start dealing drugs?

3. Why did Moore's mother Mary have to quit college?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what birthday did Moore have in prison?

5. Why was Moore behind bars for life?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Tony known as a gangster in Chapter 2?

2. What story appeared about Moore in the Baltimore Sun in 2000?

3. What confused Moore about his relationship with Tony in Chapter 4?

4. In Chapter 2, what type of supervision did Moore have?

5. How did Mary and her parents share parenting duties?

6. In Chapter 3, why did Wes get suspended from school?

7. Where did Mary send Wes to school in Chapter 3 and what was it like?

8. What happened when Moore and his friend skipped school in Chapter 3?

9. Why did Moore's mother have to give up her dream of getting a college degree?

10. Why did Wes's mother, Joy, leave her first husband, Bill?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Moore had a well-organized drug operation. What did Moore’s organization have in common with capitalism or a pyramid scheme?

Essay Topic 2

There were many factors that shaped the men that Wes and Moore became. What were some factors that shaped the men’s lives? How did their environments influence the type of men they became?

Essay Topic 3

The events in the book take place mostly in Maryland and New York. What are the various settings in the book? What feelings or attitudes do these settings evoke for readers? Are the settings a neutral background, not important to the retelling of historical events or do the settings have the importance of a person in the book?

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