View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How will Willie be paying for his tuition to OMLC High School?
(a) Tuition is free for students who are considered homeless.
(b) He will help with janitorial and maintainance work at the school.
(c) Lacey will pay his tuition for as long as Willie continues to work for him.
(d) He will take out a student loan and pay it back after he has graduated.

2. Why does Willie go back for Kam when the school is on fire?
(a) He sees this as his opportunity to be a hero again.
(b) Deep down, he knows that Kam is actually a good person.
(c) He wants to be sure that Kam is punished for his crimes.
(d) He knows that it is the right thing to do because Kam will die if he does not.

3. What does the note to Andre from Jack's mother say?
(a) Jack has been feeling under the weather and may need to go home.
(b) Jack's mother wants to meet with Andre about Jack's progress.
(c) Jack is still upset by the comment Joel made about his nose.
(d) A box of Bisquick is missing from their kitchen, presumably taken by Jack.

4. What does OMLC stand for?
(a) Only Mean Losers Cave.
(b) One More Last Chance.
(c) Oakland Metropolitan Learning Center.
(d) They are the initials of the sponsors who provided the money to open the school.

5. According to Angel, how do girls learn to be prostitutes?
(a) They become prostitutes when they realize they have no other options.
(b) They feel like they have no other skills.
(c) They grow up without anyone to care about them.
(d) They grow up thinking that sex is the only way they can get anything.

6. How does the bus driver try to help Willie when he realizes that the Jo Boys are after him?
(a) He threatens to hurt the gang members if they do not leave Willie alone.
(b) He agrees to let Willie off at a police station rather than a regular stop.
(c) He calls the police on his radio after the Jo Boys get off the bus.
(d) He jams the back door so that they cannot get out right away.

7. How does Willie feel about the game of two-on-two that he plays with Kato and Hawk?
(a) He is nervous and feels uptight and awkward.
(b) He is excited about getting the opportunity to finally show off his abilities.
(c) He is self-conscious and cannot wait for the game to be over.
(d) He is thrilled to be playing a game that he thought he would never play again.

8. How does Lisa ensure that students who choose to run through the neighborhood actually complete the course?
(a) She asks people in the nieghborhood to initial the kids' notecards to verify that they have been there.
(b) She has another teacher run with them.
(c) Students have to pick up items from different parts of the course and return with those items.
(d) She runs with them herself.

9. Where does Willie stay his first night in Oakland?
(a) In the police station.
(b) In a homeless shelter.
(c) On the bus driver's couch.
(d) Under an overpass.

10. What finally ends the game between Willie and Jack?
(a) Lisa intervenes and sends everyone away.
(b) Jack is upset by a comment from the crowd and forgets all about the game.
(c) Willie tells Jack that he cannot do it and walks away.
(d) Jack scores eleven points, and Willie pats him on the back for a good game.

11. What does Andre suggest Willie should do in order to make friends at OMLC High School?
(a) He should just start talking to other kids in his classes.
(b) He should organize a study group for his next test.
(c) He should try to get into some pick up basketball games.
(d) He should invite some of them over to Lacey's for pizza.

12. Why does Lacey agree to let Willie stay?
(a) Lacey will not tell him and orders him not to ask about it.
(b) Willie reminds Lacey of himself at that age.
(c) Lacey is tired of arguing with Willie and just gives in.
(d) He thinks that Willie might be able to bring in some extra money.

13. For what does Lisa use the one hundred and forty dollars that Willie gets from Lacey?
(a) To pay for professional physical therapy.
(b) To pay for swim classes at the YMCA.
(c) To buy an exercise machine for Willie's legs.
(d) To pay for a membership at Nautilus of Alameda.

14. How does Hawk respond to the news that the gang is beating up on Jack?
(a) He beats Kam, threatening to do more harm if he does not leave the school alone.
(b) He chases the gang members down the street, but cannot catch them.
(c) He yells threats at the gang while his classmates hold him back.
(d) He calls the police on his cell phone.

15. What is Lacey's primary occupation?
(a) He is a security guard.
(b) He is the "muscle" for a crime family.
(c) He is a pimp, or as he says, "human relations management."
(d) He is a bouncer at a nightclub.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Willie, how has his loss affected his perspective on life?

2. What offer does Lacey give to Willie that, according to Lacey, is "the best offer in town"?

3. How does Willie get past Kam when the Jo Boys come back to vandalize the school again in Chapter 19?

4. Why is Angel not grateful when Willie comes to her rescue?

5. Why does Willie refuse to leave Lacey's house even after Andre offers to let him sleep at the school?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,129 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample