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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jacy starts dating who at the beginning of the summer?

2. Do Sam and his friends catch a lot of fish?

3. Who does Jacy end up having sex with at the pool hall?

4. Why is Old Lady Mosey closing the picture show?

5. How does Sonny's eye get hurt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the opening chapter of the book, Sam loses fifty dollars to Abilene on a bet that the Thalia football team will win. Why do you think Sam does this when the Thalia football team almost always loses? Why do you think he would risk losing fifty dollars instead of betting less?

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

In the first chapter the fact that lives overlap in a small town is evident. Write an essay explaining how the people of Thalia's lives are connected.

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