|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Ivan get to the place where he got a job his second summer of hiring out?
2. What had one of Ivan's cousins gone to college to learn?
3. During Ivan's second summer of hiring out, what was the name of the boss's son?
4. During Ivan's second summer of hiring out, where did wheat have to be taken twice a day?
5. How many new students were there at Ivan's new high school?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Ivan pitch from the mound at Wrigley Field?
2. How would Ivan and Bessie try to save the sheep when they were plagued with ticks?
3. Why did Charlie almost shoot a man one day on the reservation range?
4. What was Ivan's first room of his own like at college?
5. What did Ivan decide to do about college?
6. Describe McGrath.
7. When were the first indications that Charlie was sick?
8. Why was Ivan asked if he had just come out of the military when he was a freshman in college?
9. What was jacketing?
10. Describe the place where Ivan and other financial-aid students lived.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the events in Ivan's life that led him to choose the life he leads now. Use examples from the book.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss what Charlie meant when he said, "As the fellow says, a fool and his money are soon parted, but ye can't even get introduced around here." Use examples from Charlie's and Ivan's lives.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss how first Charlie and then Charlie and Bessie made a family for Ivan. Use examples from the book.
|
This section contains 917 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|



