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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 did Cash drive in "The Story Continues"?

2. In "Round Three," what did some white men in a car flash at Cassius, Rudy, and Lucky?

3. What was the name of a pet chicken that Cassius and Rudy had when they were growing up?

4. Who did Cassius fight on February 26, 1958?

5. In February 1958, how many people were crammed in the Clay family living room?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the match with Kent Green described in "Round One"?

2. In "Angels," where did Cash take Cassius and why?

3. In "Round One," how did Cassius describe his match with Alex Watt?

4. What did Cassius make Lucky do when he got a B on an English essay?

5. What happened when Cassius and Lucky were interested in a bicycle at the bicycle store?

6. Why did Lucky call Cassius his personal superman in "Round Three"?

7. How did Cassius describe his mother in "Round Two"?

8. How was Granddaddy Herman's living room like church to Cassius?

9. What could Lucky smell as he and the other waited for the phone to ring in "Round One"?

10. What conversation did Cassius have with Tall Bubba when they saw him at the Rainbow?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Allusions are figures of speech. How does the author use allusions? How can allusions be ambiguous references to people, places or things? Why might allusions be difficult for readers to understand and connect to ideas?

Essay Topic 2

The novel tells the story of Cassius Clay from the time he is a young boy to when he becomes a man. How do the events in the book help Cassius mature and grow in the novel? What role do the lessons of his elders play in his maturation?

Essay Topic 3

Cassius and his friends work hard to earn bicycles. Why are bicycles important for Cassius and his friends? What do bicycles symbolize for them?

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