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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 5, how long after Moore and Alicia met was she pregnant?

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

3. In Chapter 5, how long did it take Moore to get to Perry Hall High School by bus?

4. In Chapter 8, where did the police accost some members of the wedding party?

5. How old was Tony when he died?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why did Wes decide to apply to attend Johns Hopkins?

7. As Woody graduated from high school in 1994, what did he remember about his classmates who did not graduate?

8. What sentence did all the robbers receive?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Wes and Moore had siblings. Were the relationships that Wes and Moore had with their siblings positive or negative?

Essay Topic 2

Wes Moore is the author of The Other Wes Moore. Why did he write the book? What does he want readers to learn from the book?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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