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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 secret does Lu tell at the Chinese restaurant, to start his meal?

2. What does Dre tell Ghost everyone is talking about at school?

3. How does Ghost feel while he is practicing in his new shoes?

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

5. What captures Ghost’s attention when he and his fellow newbies get to the Chinese restaurant with Coach Brody?

Short Essay Questions

1. What secret does Coach Brody tell at the restaurant?

2. What secret does Patty tell at the restaurant?

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

4. How does Ghost say lying made him feel?

5. How does Ghost describe his Saturday routine with his mother?

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

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

8. Why does Ghost hide his cut-up shoes from his mother?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate your own reading of “Ghost”—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

Essay Topic 2

In what ways is Ghost relevant to contemporary readers? What contemporary issues are in play in the book, and how would the book contribute to contemporary discussion? Cite specific discussions from contemporary sources, and cite specific instances from the book, that describe its contemporary relevance.

Essay Topic 3

When is Ghost most itself? What is its characteristic passage, or moment? What makes that moment or passage the most representative of the book as a whole? Are there any places where the book seems to depart from its typical self, as if to become a different book?

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