For One More Day Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 141 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

For One More Day Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 141 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Why did a librarian tell Chick he could not read 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA by Jules Verne?

2. Why does Chick tell Roberta the truth about Santa Claus that first Christmas after Len left the family?

3. What did Chick and his sister use to carve their initials into their mother's kitchen table?

4. Who does Chick call after sneaking out of work in Section 1?

5. What does the main character think the narrator wants to know about him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Chick Benetto drive toward his home town?

2. What phrase does Chick feel describes him completely?

3. What word did Chick's mother help Chick find the definition for despite his father's disapproval of her help?

4. What reason does Posey give for dumping food given to the family by nuns down the disposal?

5. Who does Chick see when he jumps from the water tower?

6. What event caused Chick Benetto to lose faith in himself?

7. Why did Posey refer to Chick as a Daddy's boy?

8. What causes Chick's mother to stop playing her favorite record?

9. What happens on the way to Chick's hometown?

10. What did the narrator later find belonging to Chick Benetto that was used in writing this book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss baseball. Why does Chick decide to go out for baseball? Why does Chick continue to play baseball? Why does Chick not tell his mother that his father comes to his college baseball games? Why does Chick leave college to play professional baseball? How does Posey feel about Chick making this choice? Does this baseball career give Chick the life he wants? Why or why not? Why does Chick finally decide to quit baseball? Why does Chick's father pressure him into playing an old-timers game? What is significant about this game?

Essay Topic 2

Who does Chick see standing over him after he jumps from the water tower? Why does Chick doubt what he is seeing? Who does Chick spend the rest of the day with? Why is this not possible? Why does the impossibility of this not clue Chick in to the idea that something is not right with him? What is the voice Chick continuously hears throughout the day? What does this voice mean to the reader? What does it ultimately mean to Chick? How does Chick respond to the voice?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following themes in detail, citing examples from the novel:

1) Death

2) Suicide

3) Father-Son Relationships

4) Mother-Son Relationships

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