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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. Where do Yoshiko and Gunnar go from the beach?

2. How does the bride get to the wedding?

3. Where do Gunnar and Yoshiko go first after the wedding?

4. What does Psycho Loco ask the Boston University recruiter?

5. What is Ms. Kim doing when Gunnar arrives at her store?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gunnar find out when he gets out of the hospital after the riots and goes to Psycho's house? What does Psycho say to Gunnar?

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

3. What does Nick complain about Boston and what does he do about it?

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

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

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

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

8. What happens when Gunnar leaves his creative writing class in Chapter Ten when Gunnar is going home?

9. When does Gunnar's wedding take place and who performs the ceremony?

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

Many black people are as prejudiced against white people as the other way around.

1. Do you think Gunnar's feelings towards white people are justified?

2. Some people call the idea of minorities hating the majority "reverse prejudice." What do you think this means and do you believe it exist?

3. Discuss why it is almost inevitable that an oppressed minority would be prejudiced against their oppressors. Use examples from The White Boy Shuffle and your own life to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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