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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Alfred's aunt decide to talk to about Alfred's boxing in Chapter 9?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) The neighbor.
(c) The preacher.
(d) Her husband.

2. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Simile.

3. What profession did Robert Lipsyte's mother hold?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Librarian.
(d) Banker.

4. When Alfred was young, he and his friend imagined being wrestlers. Who was Alfred going to be?
(a) Behemoth Brooks.
(b) Bad Brooks.
(c) Brawny Brooks.
(d) Brawlin' Brooks.

5. In Chapter 6, Alfred bounces up the stairs to the gym and he doesn't see Mr. Donatelli or whom?
(a) Bud.
(b) Henry.
(c) Red.
(d) James.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Alfred's boss at his job?

2. Who hands Alfred a ticket to the fight that night in Chapter 6?

3. Whom does Alfred wish would run with him in the mornings in Chapter 10?

4. What does Alfred remember on his way home that he wishes he could warn his best friend about in Chapter 1?

5. There are three people on Alfred's stoop when he arrives home in Chapter 7. Who are they?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author show the differences of the world of television from Alfred's life in Chapter 2?

2. Who intercepts Alfred on his way home following the robbery in Chapter 1? What news does Alfred learn?

3. How does Alfred begin his workout at the gym in Chapter 6? What other trainers does he interact with?

4. When does Alfred wake and leave the apartment in Chapter 2? Who does he encounter on his way out?

5. What does Alfred encounter when he enters Donatelli's gym in the beginning of Chapter 6? How does the gym differ from the society in which Alfred lives?

6. How does the author describe Madison Square Garden in Chapter 7? What are Alfred's impressions?

7. What is Alfred's reputation at work like in Chapter 5? What internal conflict does he face?

8. What is Aunt Pearl's reaction to Alfred's news of training as a boxer in Chapter 9?

9. How is Alfred's morning run described in the beginning of Chapter 9? What does he reveal to his aunt?

10. How does Alfred feel about the actions of James in Chapter 1? Why?

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