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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 Angel tell Gerald after sitting on Jordan's lap?

2. What is wrong with Gerald's great aunt?

3. Why did Gerald's mother buy him a G.I. Joe?

4. Who starts the fire in Gerald's house?

5. What does Gerald's aunt threaten to get her lights turned back on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Jordan stays home with Angel when she has the chicken pox?

2. What happens to Gerald's mother after the house burns down?

3. What kinds of things does Aunt Queen do to make Christmas special?

4. What does Gerald do when he thinks Jordan is sexually abusing Angel?

5. What does Gerald want to do when Aunt Queen dies, and why doesn't he?

6. What makes Gerald think that Jordan is sexually abusing Angel?

7. Why did Gerald almost die when his house burned down?

8. What does Monique say when Gerald says she is afraid of Jordan?

9. What makes Gerald's mother mad at the beginning of the book?

10. What is Aunt Queen thinking just before she dies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the title of this theme symbolize, and what does it mean to Gerald and his family by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Kiara was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence- however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if she had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

Many different characters in this book were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord. What are some of these instances, and how did persuasion affect the course of the plot?

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