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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 7, how much training did Wes have to train him to be a paratrooper?

2. What skill did Moore learn in Job Corps?

3. In Chapter 7, where was Wes training?

4. In Chapter 8, how long did it take to arrest Moore and Tony?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who was Colonel Battaglioli?

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

5. What family did Prothero leave behind?

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

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

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

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

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

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

There were many factors that shaped the men that Wes and Moore became. What were some factors that shaped the men’s lives? How did their environments influence the type of men they became?

Essay Topic 3

The events in the book take place mostly in Maryland and New York. What are the various settings in the book? What feelings or attitudes do these settings evoke for readers? Are the settings a neutral background, not important to the retelling of historical events or do the settings have the importance of a person in the book?

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