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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 year was it in Chapter 1?

2. When was Moore allowed to have visitors in Chapter 4?

3. What did Wes play at the end of Chapter 2?

4. When did Wes's mother start college?

5. In Chapter 2, how many people lived in Cherry Hill?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what did Wes's grandparents tell his mother about the changes in the Bronx since she grew up there?

2. What confused Moore about his relationship with Tony in Chapter 4?

3. How did Wes skip school in Chapter 4?

4. In Chapter 2, where did Wes's mother sleep and why?

5. What story appeared about Moore in the Baltimore Sun in 2000?

6. How did Moore explain the Nikes he had in his room to his mother and his brother in Chapter 4?

7. What did Wes share about his grandparents in Chapter 2?

8. Where did Mary send Wes to school in Chapter 3 and what was it like?

9. Why did Moore get arrested in Chapter 2?

10. What happened when Moore and his friend skipped school in Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author and Travis Smiley present a Call to Action at the end of the book. What call to action do they present? Why do they believe that call to action is so important?

Essay Topic 2

Flashbacks are a means to tell what has happened in the past. How does the author use flashbacks to share information from the past? How does the use of flashbacks affect the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Role models can be a positive or negative influence. What are role models? Why are role models important? How did role models affect the lives of Wes and Moore?

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