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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. How long does Ari have to have his arm in a cast?
2. What pain medicine is Ari getting at the beginning of Section 3, Chapter 1?
3. When Ari wakes in Section 3, Chapter 1, how long has it been since the accident?
4. Where is Ari's brother in Section 1, Chapter 4?
5. What does the narrator pour to drink at the beginning of Section 1: Chapter 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. What type of vehicle does Ari say he wants for his 16th birthday?
2. What is Dante's father like?
3. Why doesn't Ari ask his father questions and how does he learn who is father is without asking questions?
4. How often does Ari's father visit Ari when he is in the hospital and what do they do together?
5. Why doesn't Ari like dealing with his mother's Catholic-Church-lady friends?
6. What did Ari receive for his birthday when he was in sixth grade and how did the presents work out for him?
7. What does Ari discover about himself at the beginning of Section 2, Chapter 3?
8. Why doesn't Dante get along with his cousins?
9. What rules does Ari want Dante to follow in Section 3, Chapter 3?
10. What does Dante give Ari's dad and how does his dad accept the gift?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Ari does not drink and drive. Does Ari refrain from drinking and driving because of his mother's rules or for another reason?
Essay Topic 2
Dante's mother doesn't want him looking like a poor Mexican. What does Dante do that makes his mother think people will believe he is a poor Mexican, and why does it bother her so much that her son would be viewed as poor and Mexican?
Essay Topic 3
Ari's family is very different from Dante's family. How are the two families alike and unalike and how does that affect each boy's perception of the world around him?
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