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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 Nick say Gunnar forgot to factor in when Gunnar spoke of music being finite?
2. What does Coach Shimimoto do at basketball practice in Chapter Seven?
3. What major event occurred at the beginning of Chapter Seven?
4. What does Gunnar think of the rhetoric of Ambrosia?
5. What does Gunnar say most people are not ready to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Gunnar's creative writing class want him to do?
2. To what is Gunnar invited to speak and how does Gunnar feel about the introductory speaker?
3. What does Gunnar decide is the best approach to speaking and what does he talk about?
4. What does Gunnar see when they finally get out of practice in Chapter Seven and how does he learn what is happening?
5. Who comes to talk to Gunnar about his speech the next day and what do they ask him about?
6. Where does Gunnar find refuge in his new school, how does he get his assignments and why has he been brought to that school?
7. What subject does Nick bring up to Gunnar and what does Nick ask Gunnar?
8. Who arranges a marriage for Gunnar and how does he come up with a bride? Where does the wedding take place?
9. What does the recruiter from Boston University do to woo Gunnar?
10. What kind of social life does Gunnar, Yoshiko and Nick have in Boston?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the following:
1. Why do you think it is important that The White Boy Shuffle was written? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
2. Do you think The White Boy Shuffle did what the author set out to do? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
3. Explain why you might or might not read another book by this author about another black person. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the following:
1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?
2. Analyze and discuss The White Boy Shuffle based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if The White Boy Shuffle is a successful novel.
3. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for young teens versus adults? Why or why not? Would most adults consider The White Boy Shuffle a successful novel? What about young teens? What about white people? Black people?
Essay Topic 3
Gunnar is momentarily angered that Nick and the man are talking about Gunnar's poetry, but thinking of his poetry at a time when he is so upset makes Gunnar realize that his poetry serves the same function as Psycho Loco's violence. Gunnar uses poetry to help him cope with external events, and Psycho Loco uses violence for the same reason.
1. How do you think poetry helps Gunnar cope with external events? Use examples from The White Boy Shuffle and your own life to support your answer.
2. How do you think violence helps Psycho Loco cope with external events? Use examples from The White Boy Shuffle and your own life to support your answer.
3. Discuss how two such different activities as writing poetry and committing violence could serve the same function. Use examples from The White Boy Shuffle and your own life to support your answer.
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