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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 Socrates feel the urge to do as he watches Darryl eat?

2. What does Socrates tell Darryl man can get sick on?

3. Where does Iula offer Socrates a job?

4. What does Socrates force Darrryl to do with the bird?

5. Who of the following people is not at the meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Socrates think of the Bounty Supermarket?

2. Why was Socrates in prison?

3. What does Socrates dream about in this chapter?

4. What are Socrates and his friends discussing in his house?

5. Why does Iula frighten Socrates?

6. Why does Socrates think that going to the police is not an option?

7. Why does Socrates want to talk to Petis?

8. What does Socrates think the abandoned shop used to be?

9. Why does Socrates go out into the alleyway?

10. Why does Socrates decide against fighting Ralphie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine violence in the novel.

1) How do the characters in the novel view violence?

2) Do the characters need to be violent to cope in the world that Mosley portrays?

3) How did the public react to the novel's violence when it was first published? How would the public react to a similar book today?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Socrates' character to the person he is at the beginning of the book to the person he is at the end of the book.

1) What were Socrates' hopes at the beginning of the novel?

2) What events changes Socrates' ideas about life and goals?

3) How has Socrates' character changed by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme:

1) Setting

2) Point of view

3) Structure

4) Language

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