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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 grade was Ozzie in when high school began to recruit him for their basketball teams?

2. In Chapter 2, what is the real name of Moore's friend White Boy?

3. In Chapter 3, how long did a five-minute bike ride take after Moore smoked marijuana?

4. How much did Wes pay for his Cross Colours set in Chapter 4?

5. In Chapter 2, when Joy moved to New York, how long had she lived in her house in Baltimore?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Wes share about his grandparents in Chapter 2?

3. In Chapter 2, where did Wes's mother sleep and why?

4. How did Wes skip school in Chapter 4?

5. What precautions would Justin have to take if he took the train home after dark?

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

7. In Chapter 4, why did Tony beat up Moore?

8. What was the one time that Wes had friends from school over?

9. How did Wes's father die?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The mothers of both Wes Moores wanted the best for their sons. How did the two mothers try to help their sons? What type of mothers were they? What is revealed about motherhood through the women?

Essay Topic 2

Flashbacks are a means to tell what has happened in the past. How does the author use flashbacks to share information from the past? How does the use of flashbacks affect the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Wes spent six months studying in South Africa. What did Wes learn there and how did it shape his philosophy of life?

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