Reading in the Dark Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Reading in the Dark Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Who is Jimmy from Chapter 4?

2. For what does Sergeant Burke apologize in 1957?

3. Who is Charlie McCabe?

4. What happens to the boy's mother in 1968?

5. Why does the boy's father threaten Crazy Joe in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. The boy's mother is saddened throughout the entire novel, but why does her depression set in after her grandfather dies?

2. Why doesn't the boy reveal to his parents what he knows of Eddie's death?

3. Why does the boy's mother begin to treat him unkindly?

4. How does his mother's inability to speak because of her stroke affect her relationship with the boy?

5. What does Father Nugent talk to the boy narrator about and why does it make him uncomfortable?

6. What does the boy recall about "unconditional love"?

7. What does Sergeant Burke reveal about Eddie's death and Tony's involvement?

8. What information does the boy's mother find out after Sergeant Burke dies that makes her angry?

9. Why is Crazy Joe such a valuable character to the story of Eddie's disappearance and death?

10. Why does the boy narrator find it important to his relationship with his mother that he keep her secret?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Aunt Katie and the boy's mother.

1.) Why does the boy's mother react negatively toward Katie?

2.) Compare and contrast the women's behavior toward the boy narrator.

3.) Ultimately, they both experience the loss of the same man. How does it affect each of them?

Essay Topic 2

As the novel progresses, the mystery of Eddie's disappearance is pieced together by the boy narrator.

1. What does the boy learn about his family because of the family secret?

2. How has the boy's relationship with his parents changed as the secret has been revealed?

3. How has the boy's determination to find out the secret changed as the secret slowly becomes revealed?

Essay Topic 3

Which characters in the novel would be considered guides for the boy narrator? What do they teach him? Are they positive or negative mentors?

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