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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. In Chapter 3, Moby and Ellerby are heading towards a "special" workout. How many 100's are scheduled for the day's workout?

2. What kind of car is Ellerby's vehicle?

3. What model year is Ellerby's vehicle?

4. What does the narrator's mother think his father teaches?

5. What is the name of the narrator's English teacher?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to what Dale Thornton tells Moby in front of Moby's house, how did Sarah Byrnes get the burns on her face?

2. What advice does the counselor give to the narrator when he first visits his friend at the hospital?

3. What is the deal regarding musical equipment that Moby and his mother have?

4. According to the bumper sticker on Ellerby's car, what are the wages of sin?

5. How does Ellerby react at the "special" Saturday practice when Brittain and his lane members bow for prayer before beginning their set?

6. When Moby returns to his desk after Jody and Mark decide to remain in the CAT class, Moby finds a note waiting for him. Who is the note from and what does it say?

7. Which of Moby's dysfunctional behaviors does his mother hate the most?

8. Name Mark Brittain's three brothers and one sister.

9. According to his mother, what attribute does the narrator possess that his father did not?

10. According to Moby, why were he and Sarah Byrnes able to produce such a high-quality publication in junior high school when they published "Crispy Pork Rinds"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Moby and Mark Brittain.

a. How are the two characters similar? How are they different?

b. Compare the role that justice plays in each of their lives. How is each character affected by the concept of justice - both positively and negatively?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the story, there are several situations where Moby's life is in danger.

a. Identify at least three instances where Moby's life is in danger. Describe the situation and how Moby escapes.

b. Compare and contrast the dangerous situations in which others are attempting to harm Moby. What is the motivation in each of these situations to harm Moby?

Essay Topic 3

In many ways, the novel is a series of contrasts designed to heighten the reader's awareness and draw the reader deeper into the story and the intricacies of each of the story's characters. Identify at least three contrasts that are used in the novel. Describe these contrasts and determine how they impact the story's plot, as well as the reader's emotional involvement in the characters' lives. If these identified contrasts were not included in the story, what impact would their absence have on the storyline, the characters' development and the readers' involvement?

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