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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 spring break, by how much does Coach Quatrini want the cross-country team to beat Holling's tryout time with the rats?

2. In June, how many nights is Holling's class going to spend camping?

3. What day of the week do school board members come to observe Mrs. Baker's class in March?

4. What color sweater is Mrs. Sidman wearing on the camping trip?

5. Where does Danny want to run rather than go through his bar mitzvah?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Baker stay behind after the Yankees' opening game?

2. What does Mr. Hoodhood want his daughter to do in March?

3. In May, how are the eighth graders on the cross-country team treating Holling?

4. Why does Holling think that Mrs. Baker takes his class camping in June even though she does not like camping?

5. What does Holling learn when he calls his father's office to see why is father is late to take him to the Yankees' opening game?

6. How does Holling describe Mrs. Baker's cold in March?

7. What announcement does President Lyndon B. Johnson make in April?

8. How does Mrs. Baker teach Holling to run?

9. What does Mrs. Baker do when an atomic bomb drill comes during a Wednesday afternoon when all the other children are gone except Holling?

10. During the spring break in April, who is Holling's sister's friend and what do they do together?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Holling talks about the death of love in June. How does Holling compare the way that love can die in Shakespeare and the way that he has seen it die in real life? How has Holling seen love die, and how does that affect him?

Essay Topic 2

Holling is rather self-centered at the beginning of the novel. How does Holling grow and mature through the course of the novel? What events and circumstances help him come of age?

Essay Topic 3

Mrs. Baker takes Holling on an architectural tour of his town. What does Holling discover about his town and about himself from the tour?

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