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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. For what is Bobo in line?

2. How long does Jerome work with Bix on the basketball court?

3. What does Jerome imagine while he is practicing by himself on the basketball court?

4. What does Bix call what he does with the lantern?

5. What does Miss Pimton say about what they are going to make?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jerome win a lantern?

2. What does Bix do in the Home Economics class that is disturbing?

3. What is Jerome relating to his momma when he starts crying and what does his momma want her sons to do?

4. What is Jerome surprised to see when he arrives at the basketball court?

5. How long of a break is there when Jerome and Bix do not see each other, and what does Jerome do as far as practicing basketball in the meantime?

6. What does Bix's stepfather say about Bix's relationship to Bix's mother?

7. How does Jerome feel going down the path to the court at night and what exacerbates those feelings?

8. What does Jerome tell his momma about Bix and what is her response?

9. About what does Bix challenge Jerome?

10. Why does Jerome have to find a new place to practice basketball?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in The Moves Make the Man.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of The Moves Make the Man. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of The Moves Make the Man. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 2

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:

1. Compare/contrast the characters of Jerome and Bix. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.

2. Compare/contrast the characters of Jerome's mother and Bix's stepfather. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in The Moves Make the Man help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.

Essay Topic 3

1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?

2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Brooks' agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Brooks' probable agenda concerning that idea.

2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?

3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?

4. Research the life of Brooks and see if/where his life may have influenced his writing.

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