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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Mason chastise Tex for?
2. Which of the following questions is the yes or no question which Tex thought of while with the fortune teller?
3. What is Tex's dream about?
4. What was the name of the novel Tex read for a book report in English which he really enjoyed reading?
5. Which of the following terms best describes how Tex feels as he goes to pick up Mason from the hospital?
Short Essay Questions
1. What goes through Tex's mind when he considers that Mason may be quite ill?
2. What is surprising to Tex that Mason says toward the end of the chapter?
3. How does Mason hope to escape his home?
4. Why doesn't Tex pay much attention to Lem or what he is doing?
5. What does Mason tell Pop it takes to have a family?
6. How does Tex react to Mason's news?
7. Why does Tex want to ensure Mason goes to college?
8. What does Mason accuse Tex of regularly?
9. How does Mason ruin Tex's good mood?
10. How would you describe the relationship between Tex and Cole?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Mason was diagnosed with a non-serious ulcer. Imagine that he had been diagnosed with a much more serious disease. Write an essay describing how other events in the novel might have changed based on this different diagnosis.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay describing the realizations that Tex has come to throughout the novel and what led to these realizations. Be sure to use specific examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay describing how the relationship between Mason and Tex might improve once Mason has gone off to college.
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