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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. In Chapter 4, how often did Wes show up to school?

2. How much older was Nikki than Wes?

3. What grade was Ozzie in when high school began to recruit him for their basketball teams?

4. In Chapter 3, how long had it been since Tony was in school?

5. When Wes and his family moved to his grandparents' home in Chapter 2, how many people lived there after Wes arrived?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Tony known as a gangster in Chapter 2?

2. In Chapter 3, why did Wes get suspended from school?

3. In Chapter 3, what happened that made Mary decide to move?

4. How did Wes's father die?

5. In Chapter 2, what type of supervision did Moore have?

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

7. What story appeared about Wes in the Baltimore Sun in 2000?

8. In Chapter 4, how did Wes feel when he was outside Jessup Correctional Institution?

9. How did Mary and her parents share parenting duties?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Both Wes and Moore were given second chances. What second chances did they both receive? Did they take advantage of the chances they were given?

Essay Topic 3

The events in the book take place mostly in Maryland and New York. What are the various settings in the book? What feelings or attitudes do these settings evoke for readers? Are the settings a neutral background, not important to the retelling of historical events or do the settings have the importance of a person in the book?

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