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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 is Chala's job?

2. Who does Socrates say kept most of the reward money?

3. What is the name of the house Socrates checks for Theresa's letter?

4. What kind of house did Socrates' mother used to live in?

5. Why does Socrates think Darryl can no longer stay with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Socrates and Right do at Dilley's

2. Why can Socrates not wave goodbye to Right?

3. How does Socrates build up Darryl's confidence after the fight with Philip?

4. How does Socrates' boss react when he arrives back at work?

5. What does Theresa's mother say in her letter to Socrates?

6. What does Socrates think about the dog paw prints around him when he wakes up on the beach?

7. How does this chapter show that sometimes violence is necessary?

8. How did the bookshop change Socrates?

9. What does Socrates have to do in return for no jail time?

10. Why does the ocean remind Socrates of his aunt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mosley writes ALWAYS OUTNUMBERED, ALWAYS OUTGUNNED in the third person. Why do you think Mosley chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if Mosley wrote it in the first person?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the novel's dialogue. How does Mosley's dialogue contribute to the following areas?

1) Character

2) Setting

3) Plot

Essay Topic 3

Examine Mosley's writing style. How would you describe Mosley's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does Mosley's style give to the story?

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