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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 title does Gunnar say he would give a book of poetry?

2. What idea do Gunnar and Nick have about the riots?

3. Where does Gunnar meet the recruiter from Boston University?

4. Who crashes Gunnar's wedding?

5. How is Gunnar's bride attained?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gunnar's coach tell him about Nick and what does the coach have for him? What does Gunnar do?

2. Who crashes Gunnar's wedding and what happens between them and his bride?

3. What does Coach Shimimoto do and say when he keeps the team longer at practice in Chapter Seven?

4. What does the recruiter from Boston University do to woo Gunnar?

5. What does Gunnar's father do after the riots and how does Gunnar feel about it?

6. What kind of social life does Gunnar, Yoshiko and Nick have in Boston?

7. Where does Gunnar find refuge in his new school, how does he get his assignments and why has he been brought to that school?

8. What does Gunnar decide is the best approach to speaking and what does he talk about?

9. Who arranges a marriage for Gunnar and how does he come up with a bride? Where does the wedding take place?

10. Where is Gunnar's wedding reception and where does he go for a honeymoon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in The White Boy Shuffle.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of The White Boy Shuffle. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of The White Boy Shuffle. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 2

The counselor was shocked that a black student could get the high SAT scores that Gunnar made.

1. Refute or defend the following statement: Stereotypes about people are generally true. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. How do you think stereotyping or generalization in schools can affect students? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. The only statement that can be true about a population is if that population consist of only one person. Discuss this statement in view of the counselor stereotyping black students.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in The White Boy Shuffle. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of individual freedom in The White Boy Shuffle. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess individual freedom? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of tradition in The White Boy Shuffle. What is Gunnar's view of tradition? Gunnar's mother? Nick's? Gunnar's father. Why is tradition important to some characters? Is anyone willing to abandon traditional viewpoints? Who? What are the positive and negative sides to holding fast to tradition?

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