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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 was the name of the guy who beat up Wes in Chapter 5?

2. Who did Moore live with in Chapter 6?

3. How long did Wes have to wait to see Moore in Part 3?

4. What is the date in Chapter 7?

5. How old was Sergeant Bruce Prothero when the store was robbed?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 7, how did Moore go from hope to despair?

2. In Chapter 5, why did Tony think it was amusing when Moore got his girlfriend Alicia pregnant?

3. What did Wes's mother tell him when he called her in Chapter 5?

4. In Chapter 5, what happened when Wes was given a map to the train station?

5. Why did Moore drop out of school after leaving juvenile detention?

6. In Chapter 8, where had Wes traveled abroad, and where did he go for a semester of college?

7. What happened to the wedding party in Chapter 8 when they stopped at a 7-Eleven?

8. How did Wes's mother get the money for his first year at the military academy?

9. What did reading Colin Powell want that Wes also decided he also wanted?

10. In Chapter 6, why did Moore get arrested?

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

A legacy is something passed down in a family. In what way did Wes’s family provide a legacy for him? What type of legacy did they give him?

Essay Topic 3

Role models can be a positive or negative influence. What are role models? Why are role models important? How did role models affect the lives of Wes and Moore?

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