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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. In "Bubbly and Nugget," what part-time job does Grandma have?

2. In "Janice and the Redbelters," what grade is Claude in?

3. What does Renaissance do to get high according to Janice?

4. Where does Annette go when she leaves Janice behind in Chicago?

5. In "Janice and the Redbelters," who is in a photo that Paul shows Claude?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Claude's father grow up?

2. Why and how does Annette leave Chicago?

3. In "Riot," what does Claude remember about a patrolman he sees standing in combat gear?

4. In "Euclid Avenue," what does Claude remember about the man who fought with his dad?

5. Why does Claude want to leave in "Vacuum," and what does Janice tell him?

6. What happens when four teenagers run down Sixty-Seventh Street and confront the cops in "Riot"?

7. What happens when Claude identifies George Bones as the person who beat him up?

8. How did Paul and Grandma meet?

9. How does Janice change in "Chester Dexter and Renaissance"?

10. What are the circumstances behind a boy getting killed in "Janice and the Redbelters"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Claude decides to attend college in Missouri. Why does Claude decide to attend college in Missouri? Why does he feel that he has to leave Chicago?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of the novel? Why is it not historical fiction?

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