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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 "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents," what was the name of the narrator's first crush?

2. In "Flying Lessons," what culture do Santosh and his grandmother belong to?

3. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what was the narrator's dad's first career?

4. In "Main Street," how did the narrator get her nickname?

5. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," what do the Choctaw call bigfoot?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Santosh and Tomas have in common?

2. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what happened to put the narrator in a wheelchair?

3. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," why is the narrator so nervous about his dad getting involved with his team?

4. In "Choctaw Bigfoot," who are the Bohpoli and what are they like?

5. How does Nani manage to introduce Santosh and Tomas?

6. In "Flying Lessons," what does Santosh say is his "deal with the devil"?

7. In "Seventy-Six Dollars," how does Monk imagine he got superpowers?

8. In "Seventy-Six Dollars," describe what Monk is writing and how.

9. In "Main Street," how is it that Celeste came to live in Peterborough?

10. How are the Choctaw involved in "Choctaw Bigfoot"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you discuss which character you think has the most influence on the narrator's growth in the story "How to Transform an Ordinary Hoop Court into a Place of Higher Learning and You at the Podium" and why.

Essay Topic 2

In an essay, consider how the title "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push" relates to the story itself. What does it literally mean? What does it mean metaphorically? How does it set up the writer's theme(s)?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you compare/ contrast how at least two of the stories from this collection deal with sexuality.

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