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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. After Rufus strikes Simon at the phone booth, he manages to fend off an attack by whom?

2. Rufus escorts his siblings where for safety on the day he plans a confrontation with the Gassers?

3. Rufus runs up to the phone booth where Simon routinely waits for calls and does what?

4. When the Gassers escape toward their car, Rufus yells out what?

5. When Willie reports the gun is now missing, how does Rufus feel?

Short Essay Questions

1. After they trip over the wire running between the two sheds, what causes the Gassers to think they are hearing guns firing?

2. How do the Moors get the Gassers to the location where they trip and fall over?

3. What proposal does Rufus Henry make to the leader of the Aztecs after Pelican Smith says no?

4. What happens when Simon Jones tells Ernie Brown that Rufus Henry maintains a scrapbook on Ernie?

5. What plan does Rufus Henry describe to the Moors as to how he intends to use the rifle?

6. What does Ernie Brown suggest the boys begin in the projects?

7. What are some of the steps Rufus Henry takes on the day he plans to retaliate against the Gassers?

8. What happens when Rufus Henry, feeling embarrassed regarding the Ernie Brown scrapbook incident, meets up with his gang at the Happy Place?

9. What is Alex Robbins' reaction when the Moors tell him they desire to host a black-tie event at a local hall, including several hundred guests as well as police presence?

10. At the playground while the Moors are awaiting the arrival of Alex Robbins for a 7 p.m. meeting, two girls approach them in the dark and propose what?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

For a youth who must stay clear of trouble, why does Rufus Henry's new residence on Teagarden Street represent a hindrance? Why will Rufus feel uncomfortable spending lengthy periods of time there? Where will he likely be spending his time instead? What impact are his new surroundings in the Durango Housing Project likely to have?

Essay Topic 2

What are the positives and the negatives of how Rufus Henry deals with Willie reportedly joining the Gassers gang? Is it wise to lead his gang members to find Willie to beat him out of the Moors? Is it noble on Rufus' part to stop the attack because he believed him, or simply useful because it was a convenient way to obtain a rifle? Is it wise on Rufus' part to seek out a firearm?

Essay Topic 3

Elaborate on how Frank Bonham utilizes foreshadowing in Durango Street. Consider the scene wherein the Gassers confront Rufus Henry in the alley by the grocery, he produces a weapon, and includes Simon Jones' car. How is this episode in comparison with the subsequent confrontation between the Moors and the Gassers by the sheds near the freeway?

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