DIRECTIONS FOR THE TEST

FOR THE SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS, just give me one good sentence that answers the question.

FOR THE TWO ESSAY QUESTIONS...

• Make one claim that answers the question.
• Give 3 to 5 pieces of evidence that support your claim.
• Use evidence from throughout the book, not just the first half.
• Explain how the evidence supports your claim.
• Write your answer in a single, well-organized paragraph.

SHORT ANSWER #1

After Dwight hits Jack over the mustard, who does Jack call? What does the person say about having been hit, and what other advice does Jack get?

SHORT ANSWER #2

What leads to Jack writing an obscenity on the school wall, and what ends up happening as a result?

SHORT ANSWER #3

Who is Champion? How does he become a part of Jack's life, and what happens to him?

SHORT ANSWER #4

At one point, speaking of his mother, Tobias Wolff tells us that, "If I had robbed a bank she would have stuck by me, but not for this." What, finally, makes Toby's mom give up on him?

SHORT ANSWER #5

How does Toby get into Hill, and what happens to him there?

ESSAY QUESTION #1

Describe the importance of guns in Tobias Wolff's story. What do you think they represented in his childhood? What are some important instances of how they are used in that way?

ESSAY QUESTION #2

Two pages from the very end, as Chuck and Toby are riding along, Wolff gives us the following lines:

"And when the summer was over I would go East to a noble school where I would earn good marks, captain the swimming team, and be welcomed into the great world that was my desire and my right. In this world nothing was impossible that I could imagine for myself. In this world the only task was to pick and choose.

Knowing what actually happens after this point in his life, what kind of sense are we to make of this paragraph? Why does he choose to tell us this just before the end?