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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. After finding someone at his kitchen table, where does Ned go with Jenny?

2. When Sam kidnapped Ned, who went with them?

3. When does Ned visit his mother?

4. What is the result of Drew and Sam's arm wrestling match?

5. What kind gesture does Sam make immediately after Ned moves in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jack Ward claim that he now has so much money that he does not know how to spend it?

2. Why does Ned decide not to believe anyone who says his father has left town?

3. Why would Sam leave Ned in the basement?

4. What bothers Ned about Jack Ward?

5. Why does Sam infuriate Jenny?

6. Why does Ned dislike eating dinner at Eileen's house?

7. Why did Sam kidnap Ned?

8. How is attending church like drinking for Jenny?

9. What kind of parent does Sam Hall continue to show himself?

10. How is it symbolic that Ned gets an education at the Mohawk Grill?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Sam 'The Risk Pool'?

Essay Topic 2

Evaluate Ned's relationship with his boyhood friends. How did these friendships shape him?

Essay Topic 3

What is the main theme from the novel? Explain.

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