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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 is Ghost’s state of mind after he promises Mr. Charlie he will not skip school?

2. Who is Coach Brody talking to while he waits for Ghost to come to the car before dinner on Friday night?

3. How does Ghost characterize the silver shoes he shoplifts?

4. What does Ghost say he always gets when his mother and Aunt Sophie order Chinese food on weekends?

5. What effect does Ghost’s secret have on his teammates?

Short Essay Questions

1. What secret does Sunny tell at the restaurant?

2. What goes on at the basketball court when Ghost goes there after school on Friday?

3. What does Ghost tell Coach Brody when Coach Brody asks him where he got the shoes?

4. How does Mr. Charles repair Ghost’s feelings from getting locked in the stockroom?

5. What is Sunny’s house like, when Coach Brody and the others go to pick him up?

6. What is it like for Ghost to see Brandon Simmons again after their fight?

7. How does Ghost say lying made him feel?

8. How does Ghost say that things changed after everyone tells their secrets at the restaurant?

9. How does Shamika atone for embarrassing Ghost the day before?

10. How does Mr. Charles make Ghost feel better for having been laughed at?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a character sketch of the author based on her style and content. What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

Essay Topic 2

Evaluate Ghost as a bildungsroman, a coming-of-age narrative. What are the challenges Ghost faces in rites of passage in this novel? How does he overcome these challenges, and what does he learn at each stage? How is Ghost a different person at the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Ghost and Brandon Simmons start off as enemies, but their relationship undergoes something more complicated than that, when Ghost tells his friends to go easy on Brandon. What are the factors that lead to this change? What are the different directions this relationship could take in upcoming chapters? Using examples from the text, make a case for each of the options, and make a prediction about which direction the author will take this relationship in subsequent books in the series.

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