Review for Tears of a TigerFreshmen Comp

Directions: Split into groups of two or three (depending on the number of people within the

class) and get four questions from the test. After answering the questions with your partner(s),

switch papers with another group and check their answers to see if it is right. Then present the

other groups work to the class explaining whether each question is right or wrong. Hand out the

full sheet with all of the questions on it and tell students to write down the answer as it is being

presented. Go over all answers as a class. All of these questions will be on the test and students

will not be allowed to use their notes during the test.

Time:

Answering four questions assigned to the group: 15 – 20 minutes

Checking the other group’s answers: 7 – 10 minutes

Presenting the other group’s work & recording answers: 15 - 20 minutes

Names: _____________________________________________GROUP 1

Short Answer: Answer each question in one or two complete sentences. You can use the book for help.

1. Why was Robert Washington unable to escape from the car like the other boys?

2. What caused the accident?

3. Why didn’t B.J. insist on driving that night?

4. In what way does Andy think he should have been punished for Robbie’s death?

Names: _____________________________________________GROUP 2

Short Answer: Answer each question in one or two complete sentences. You can use the book for help.

1. Whose parents continued to go to the basketball games? Whose did not show up?

2. What worries Andy about Monty?

3. Why didn’t Andy turn in his poem to his teacher?

4. What did Andy want to do when he watched the cars drive beneath the overpass?

Names: _____________________________________________GROUP 3

Short Answer: Answer each question in one or two complete sentences. You can use the book for help.

1. What did Andy say about how he imagined his future when he spoke to Keisha?

2. Who visits Andy in his nightmare and what does the visitor say?

3. What does Andy write about in the letter to Rob’s parents?

4. What Shakespeare play do they read in English class that relates to Andy’s situation?

Names: _____________________________________________GROUP 4

Short Answer: Answer each question in one or two complete sentences. You can use the book for help.

1. Why does Andy tell the psychologist that he’s “fine”?

2. When do Keisha and Andy break up and why?

3. Why does Andy tell his mother about the time he almost drowned in South Carolina?

4. What advice does Andy’s father give him near the end of the book?

Names: _____________________________________________GROUP 4

Short Answer: Answer each question in one or two complete sentences. You can use the book for help.

1. Which three people does Andy try to call before he kills himself?

2. How does Andy kill himself? Who finds the body?

3. How does Keisha feel about Andy’s suicide, according to her letter?

4. Who visits Andy’s grave at the end of the novel?