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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 Coach Popper tell Ruth when she asks him to bring her a pain pill?

2. What do Sonny and Ruth think of their first kiss?

3. What bothers Ruth while being intimate?

4. Who throws the basketball at the back of Mr. Wean's head and knocks him out?

5. What does Lois tell Jacy about Dwayne during their talk together?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Sonny goes and sees Ruth at the end of the book?

2. Why does Marlene think about Charlene being sent away to have her baby when Charlene isn't pregnant?

3. What do Dwayne and Sonny end up doing in Mexico?

4. Between the glue mixed in with the foot-toughener and the towel fights, does Coach Popper have inappropriate behavior? What do you think these actions reveal about Coach Popper's character that is not necessarily given to us in the text?

5. Do you think that Abilene gets an ego boost by coming to Thalia? Please cite examples from the book.

6. Why does Jacy ask Sonny to marry her?

7. Why do you think Sonny feels depressed that he isn't in the army?

8. Why did Sam never marry the girl from the tank?

9. What can students do during lunch at Thalia High if they don't sneak off?

10. What is the Farrow's true money situation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jacy is crushed when Abilene uses her and also when she finds out that Bobby Sheen married Annie. Jacy doesn't realize that she treated Dwayne, Lester, and Sonny that same way. Write an essay about why you feel Jacy is unable to make that connection.

Essay Topic 2

Sam reveals in Chapter 7 that the Farrows will be going broke soon. Write an essay about the effect money has on a family. The Farrows went from being broke to being rich to soon being poor again. They gave up a lot of their poor friends when becoming poor like Genevieve and her husband, so what will become of those relationships when the Farrows become broke again?

Essay Topic 3

When Sam banned all the boys from the picture show, cafe, and pool hall, do you think he was most disappointed with Sonny? Please explain why or why not.

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