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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Richie question his own mentality after Billy and Roger leave to play basketball?

2. According to Carlyle, what is the Army all about?

3. After discussing what has happened to Martin, what does Richie offer to Carlyle?

4. When Billy and Roger first met, why did Roger keep talking to Billy?

5. How old was Billy when he decided what he wanted to do as a profession when he grew up?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose a pairing from the following list. Discuss the friendship in depth. Be sure to address the following questions in the essay: What is the friendship based upon? What are the strengths in the friendship? What are the weakness of the friendship? Is the friendship "typical"? Why/ why not? Be sure to use textual evidence to support the answers.

-Billy and Roger

-Roger and Carlyle

-Billy and Richie (if you see a friendship)

-Cokes and Rooney

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Cokes' reaction to finding out that Richie is a homosexual. What does Cokes say about Richie's homosexuality? Why is Cokes' answer ironic? What would one expect from Cokes given hie military ranking? Does Cokes' leukemia have anything to do with his reaction? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Roger claims that Richie never told him that he was a homosexual. Go back through the play and note all of Richie's references to his homosexuality. Once finished, choose one statement that could be a masked admittance to his homosexuality and one that is a blatant. Compare and contrast the meaning/understanding behind each of the statements.

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