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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 Ralph think is being built with Lincoln Logs?

2. What did Ralph promise to do if he was allowed to go on the expedition in Chapter 8?

3. What paralyzes Ralph with fear at the top of the "special kid thing"?

4. What is the Asp?

5. Who tells Ralph "Get in there, kid, you're holding up the line"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ralph's mother react to the fight?

2. Why is Ludlow Kissel infamous in Hohman?

3. What is Flick's role in the first six chapters of the book?

4. Why did Ralph stop at Flick's Tavern?

5. How important was the "major award" to the Old Man?

6. Is the blind date story an example of the Outsider Looking In theme or the Coming of Age theme? Why?

7. With what does Ralph struggle most in the story about the book report?

8. How do the Orpheum movie contests teach Ralph that nothing in life is free?

9. What have we learned about Ralph and his desires in the first eight chapters?

10. What makes Ralph think about Miss Bryfogel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do we learn about the Great Depression through stories told by a young child instead of those same stories told by an adult?

Essay Topic 2

What makes the book have a community feel about it that can be related to by a great number of people, regardless of whether they grew up during the Great Depression or in the Midwest?

Essay Topic 3

Why was Adult Flick such a vital character in the book? What was his role, and why would the book have been negatively affected without his character?

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