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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 is the date in Chapter 7?

2. What year is it in Chapter 8?

3. How long was Ray in the hospital after Moore shot him?

4. In Chapter 8, how many days after the robbery did Mary see information on the television?

5. What was the date in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How many children did Moore have in Chapter 7, how old were they, and who were their mothers?

3. What family did Prothero leave behind?

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

5. How did Wes feel when he jumped out of a plane in Chapter 7?

6. In Chapter 6, what breaks did Moore get for the incident in which he shot at Ray?

7. What books did Wes enjoy reading in Chapter 7 and why?

8. Why was Moore arrested in Chapter 5?

9. What happened during the robbery of J. Browns Jewlers?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author and Travis Smiley present a Call to Action at the end of the book. What call to action do they present? Why do they believe that call to action is so important?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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