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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 Jodie and Mungo go to try to find Mr. Gillespie?

2. Who actually provides an abortion to Jodie?

3. What does Jodie ask Mungo to do for her in Chapter 13?

4. What does James tell Mungo he can not do, because he if does do it, James never waynts to see him again?

5. What is Gallowgate's first name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does St. Christopher do to Mungo in Chapter 11?

2. What does Mo-Maw sometimes let Mungo do to her stockings as a game?

3. How does Mungo's anxiety sometimes manifest itself physically?

4. What does Mungo tell Gallowgate about St. Christopher in Chapter 17?

5. In Chapter 21, what does Mungo think of Jocky?

6. How does Jodie get rid of her pregnancy?

7. In Chapter 14, what does Mungo do to St. Christopher?

8. What does Gallowgate tell Mungo about what he has done to Mungo in Chapter 14?

9. What does Mungo tell Gallowgate Hamish will do to St. Christopher and him for hurting Mungo?

10. In Chapter 16, what do James and Mungo do on James's birthday?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When do Mungo's attitudes towards Mo-Maw finally begin to change, and why? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why is Mungo so reluctant to ever drink, and how does he handle Mo-Maw's alcoholism? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does everyone in Mungo's family react to the news that he has been having a sexual relationship with another boy, and what do these reactions tell the reader about the cultural attitudes towards homosexuality? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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