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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 incident happens in Ben's childhood that his father does not talk to his mother for nearly a month over?
2. What does Ahmad say he is doing in Chapter 8?
3. Why does Ximena tell Ben she did not stop the fight between the two boys at daycare?
4. Why does Mitsuko ask Ben for a ride downtown in Chapter 17?
5. What does Ben ask Mitsuko in Chapter 26?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 15, what does Ben's father ask him that makes Ben realize how lonely his father is?
2. How does Ben feel about his mother's new husband and family?
3. How does Ben feel about his job at the daycare?
4. What is one of Ben's father's most serious problems?
5. Why is Mike leaving for Osaka, Japan, in Chapter 1?
6. What do Ben and Mitsuko start doing together in the apartment in Part I?
7. In Chapter 25, how does Ben react when his mother takes him to her new house for the first time?
8. What does Lydia ask Ben to do in Part I?
9. What does Mitsuko tell Ben a story is like when he asks her to tell him a story about Mike?
10. What does Ben's father say about his sexuality in Chapter 19 that is entirely offensive?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Washington treat the theme of abusive relationships and their emotional consequences? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
Washington seems to leave the door open to the idea that Mike and Ben might someday get back together at the end of the novel, but for the immediate future, they are breaking up. Why do you think Washington leaves the future of Ben's and Mike's relationship ambiguous? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
Why do you think Washington chose to split the book into two parts, with one written from Benson's perspective and one written from Mike's perspective? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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