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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. How many children did Moore have in Chapter 7?

2. How many teenagers came to get Wes out of bed in Chapter 5?

3. In Chapter 7, what book did Joy buy Wes?

4. In Chapter 8, what was Moore eating before he was arrested?

5. What is the date in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Wes and Dalio have to sneak back to campus in Chapter 6?

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

3. What did Moore say about expectations in Part 3?

4. What was ironic about Wes's position in Chapter 6?

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

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

7. What happened when Wes would not get out of bed his first morning at the military academy?

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

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

10. In Chapter 7, what was wrong with Moore's girlfriend Cheryl?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Wes went to a private school when they moved to the Bronx. In what way was Wes living in two worlds when they moved to the Bronx? What were the challenges he had from living in two worlds?

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