Bang the Drum Slowly Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 121 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Bang the Drum Slowly Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 121 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Which day does Henry receive the phone call in Chapter 1?

2. How many doctors inform Henry of Bruce's condition in Chapter 1?

3. How is the team doing as the season officially opens?

4. How many games each day does Bruce play with an amateur league?

5. How are the rules of Tegwar invented?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Henry and Holly communicate while he is traveling with Bruce?

2. What does Henry do when he and Bruce are temporarily separated while touring?

3. How does Dutch respond to Henry's contract negotiating?

4. What is Tegwar?

5. How does Henry respond to the information that the doctors are telling him at the end of Chapter 1?

6. How is Bruce's condition causing him to think about things differently in Chapter 4?

7. How does Henry respond to Dutch's further questioning on the train?

8. Which things does Henry discuss with Katie at the restaurant?

9. What happens when Bruce steals a base?

10. What caused Bruce to join and leave World War II?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Henry and Bruce visit the small town of Mill, Georgia as Bruce shows Henry where he spent his childhood.

1) Describe the characteristics of the small town of Mill, Georgia, and life in the country.

2) Explain how life in the country compares to life in the city, and if the comparison is also relevant to Bruce and Henry.

3) Analyze how Henry and Bruce each view the way of living in Mill, Georgia, and locations in general.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the reasons for why the popularity of Bang the Drum Slowly has been maintained for a number of decades, how the main themes of the book can be applied to people universally, and the effect that the book might have had on the game of baseball.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characters of Henry and Katie, their intentions, the influence they both have on Bruce, and their opposition to each other in the book.

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