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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. Which of the following characters is cross-eyed?

2. What happens after Big Henry is confronted by his wife and Edna in his own house?

3. Why does Henry ask his teacher when she keeps him after class the day after he learns what sex is?

4. What happens within the baseball game with Miranda Bell after several innings with no score?

5. What does Henry do when he hears his father beating his mother after the confrontation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why won't Big Henry's dream of moving to the South Seas and never working again be realized?

2. Describe the relationship between Lila Jean and Henry and the things they do together.

3. What is Henry curious about in regards to Red and how does he satisfy it?

4. What sins does Henry make up when he can't think of anything he's done wrong during confession?

5. What happens at the pool that causes Red to move away from Henry without a word of goodbye?

6. What happens when Henry's father drives to an orange grove to pick oranges?

7. Though Big Henry and Katherine have been married for a number of years, what new information did Katherine learn about her husband?

8. What intrigues the group of boys about the spider and how is it ruined for them?

9. What does Henry talk about in relation to the boys at his grammar school?

10. After Henry learns about sex from one of his friends, what does he say repulses him about the idea of sex?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Henry's father goes to an imaginary job each day? Write an essay describing how you would feel if you were in Henry's father's position? What would you do? Why? Do you agree with going to the imaginary job each day? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The character of Jimmy desperately wants to be friends with Henry. How does Jimmy show this? Do you think it helps or hurts his chances of being friends with Henry? Would you be friends with Jimmy? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about how Henry feels about God. Do you believe his feelings are justified? Why or why not?

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