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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 the author discuss is every boy's dream to own?

2. Who does Eddie sell his first car to?

3. What are most lay teachers working on?

4. Where does Eddie make a detour?

5. Who was in their backyard as Eddie passed by their house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Eddie changed from the beginning of the book to the end?

2. What is Felix Lindor interested in?

3. What happens to Tom during his and Eddie's senior year?

4. What does Brother O'Connell tell Eddie, in Chapter 14, Late Bloomer?

5. What happens when a Brother becomes elderly?

6. Describe Brother Sens.

7. Who is Monica Radil?

8. What happens, at the end of Chapter 14, Late Bloomer?

9. Describe Smooth Eddie.

10. What is the primary focus of religion class in Catholic school.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the social cliques Eddie describes in Chapter 4, The Beautiful World of Richard Bobbo to present-day social cliques. What do you find interesting about the comparisons? Do any/all of these social cliques still exist today?

Essay Topic 2

Explain why Eddie sees the Catholic Church as a bunch of "do's" and "don'ts."

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the definition of a "good" student in the 1950s and 1960s to the definition of a "good" student is in present day.

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