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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 does Geraldine say that she will make Joe and Bazil when she feels better in Chapter 2?

2. What color chair does Joe sit in at the emergency room in Hoopdance?

3. What passage of the Bible would be read at the round house?

4. What does Joe smell when he is at the round house in Chapter 4?

5. When Joe and his friends eat the sandwiches he brought, what do they add to the sandwiches before they eat them in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of bike does Angus have?

2. What does Cappy give Joe after his mother is hurt?

3. What does the gas can look like that Joe finds in the lake?

4. What is Geraldine's job?

5. What are Joe and his dad doing at the beginning of Chapter 1?

6. What sound does Joe hear when he is at the round house?

7. What does Cappy look like?

8. What is the building like where Angus lives?

9. What does Joe realize about judges and how does his father fit the stereotype?

10. What type of bike does Cappy have, and what is the condition of the bike?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joe refers to Cappy as his best friend. In what ways does Cappy help Joe throughout the novel? How would you describe their relationship, and how they affected one another’s lives?

Essay Topic 2

Joe and his family seek justice for the attack against Geraldine. What do Joe and his family think justice would be for the attacker? Why does the legal system not provide justice? How does Joe attempt to gain justice? Does Joe achieve justice for the attack?

Essay Topic 3

The Round House could fit into several different genres. What are some of the genres that could categorize the novel? What is the most appropriate genre category and why?

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