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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. What day of the week is it in Chapter 4?

2. What does Alfred leave the apartment to do in the morning in Chapter 5?

3. In the beginning of Chapter 2, when Alfred wakes up, he is where?

4. What causes tensions to be particularly high at the gym in Chapter 10?

5. What refers to an act that looks appealing to an individual?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alfred recall about his childhood and James in Chapter 7?

2. How does Alfred's training begin in Chapter 5? What leads to his dejection?

3. How does Alfred feel about his friendship with James in Chapter 10? What effect does this have on his training?

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

5. Who encounters Alfred and encourages him to stay at the gym in Chapter 6? What does this character tell him?

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

7. How is the fight described in Chapter 7?

8. What do Major and his gang tell Alfred when he arrives home in Chapter 8? What is Alfred's response?

9. What causes the raised tensions at the gym in Chapter 10? How does Alfred come to view the gym?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the setting of the clubhouse. How does the clubhouse represent temptation for Alfred? Also discuss Alfred's actions in Chapter 11. What are the repercussions of Alfred's actions?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the actions and objectives presented in Chapter 12. Why does Donatelli press Alfred to retire? How has Alfred's feelings about boxing changed? Why does Alfred choose to leave behind his dreams?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze Alfred's relationship with Aunt Pearl in the narrative. How close is Alfred to his aunt? What is his relationship with his cousins like? How long has Alfred lived with his aunt and why?

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