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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 Bull tell the kids in his speech?

2. How do the children react to Bull's injury?

3. What does the principal do to Ben?

4. Where does Ben meet Bull the night of his eighteenth birthday?

5. Who does Bull declare is the best pilot in the squad?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lillian defend Bull?

2. Why does Bull refuse to discuss with Lillian his assignment to fly over Cuba?

3. What does Lillian claim is Bull's way of apologizing to Ben?

4. In Chapter 7, what does Bull do to wake his family? Why?

5. Who is Arrabelle Smalls and why has she come to the Meecham home?

6. In Chapter 8, what does Lillian congratulate Bull for doing? Why?

7. On the first day of school, who goads Ben into fighting with Red Pettus? Why?

8. Bull sits and reflects after the change of command ceremony that gives him command of his own squad. How does Bull feel?

9. How does Bull react when he loses the basketball game against Ben?

10. Why do both the Meecham children's mother and grandmother plead with the children to behave on the road trip to South Carolina?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss abuse. What is abuse? What are the different types of abuse? How many different types of abuse can you find in this novel? Give examples of each. Who is the perpetrator of abuse in this novel? Who are the victims? Why are these people victims?

Essay Topic 2

Why does the Meecham family move to Ravenel? Why are the children unhappy about this move? What is different about this move than other moves the family has endured? Why does Mary Anne begin to cry in the car? Why does Mary Anne throw her tears at her father? What does Mary Anne blame her father for? Why is Mary Anne not afraid of her father? Should Mary Anne be afraid of her father? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of racism. What examples of racism are there in this novel? How does racism affect the characters of the novel directly? Indirectly? What characters are motivated by racism? What characters are affected by racism? Why?

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