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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. In Chapter 1, how old was Wes?
2. How old was Moore in Chapter 1?
3. At what age did Tony start dealing drugs?
4. What school did Wes attend when he moved to the Bronx?
5. From the early 1980s to the end of the decade, what percent did the murder rate rise in the Bronx?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where was Wes's mother born, and when and why did she and her family come to the United States?
2. What was the one time that Wes had friends from school over?
3. What confused Moore about his relationship with Tony in Chapter 4?
4. How did Wes research the information he wrote in The Other Wes Moore?
5. How did Moore explain the Nikes he had in his room to his mother and his brother in Chapter 4?
6. Why did Moore's mother have to give up her dream of getting a college degree?
7. Where did Wes go a few days after moving in with his grandparents in Chapter 2 and why did he plan to return?
8. In Chapter 4, what did Mary find in Moore's room, and what did she do with it?
9. What story appeared about Moore in the Baltimore Sun in 2000?
10. Why was Tony known as a gangster in Chapter 2?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Schools in the Bronx were deteriorating and did not prepare students for jobs or college. How did various people view education? How did an education or a lack of education affect the success of people in the book?
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 5, Wes and Moore found themselves in new worlds. What were the new worlds the boys had to adapt to? How did being lost in those worlds affect the boys?
Essay Topic 3
Moore went after a kid with a knife after the kid punched him. How had Tony been teaching Moore to react to slights? How did Tony influence the way that Moore reacted when people disrespected him or hurt him physically?
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