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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter ,1 McCall and his friends are what age when they attack another young boy?
(a) Elementary school age.
(b) Middle school age.
(c) Adults.
(d) Teenagers.

2. As the new kid in the black junior high school, McCall is introduced to the term "getting clean" which means what?
(a) Taking a bath.
(b) Letting go of false friends.
(c) Dressing in the coolest fads.
(d) Telling the truth.

3. Turning to armed robbery in Chapter 11, McCall takes several things from his victims, except what?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Underwear.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Jackets.

4. How old was McCall's mother when she began her relationship with McCall's biological father?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 15.
(d) 18.

5. After McCall does what the college tells him to do in Chapter 23, McCall ____ a year's tuition.
(a) Borrows.
(b) Wins.
(c) Pays.
(d) Gets waived.

6. McCall learns a lot from a man named Jim who has been _______ for more than a decade.
(a) Military service.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Disabled.
(d) Incarcerated.

7. In Chapter 17, McCall is taken to this place and McCall notes that how you enter this place says a lot about you; what is this place?
(a) Jail.
(b) Military.
(c) New assignment.
(d) New School.

8. What is the name of the boy in Part I of the book that McCall and others think is dead, only to find him alive and at home when they return to their neighborhood?
(a) Horace.
(b) Prairie Dog.
(c) Bimbo.
(d) Bryan Keith.

9. After July 19, 1973, McCall is soon accepted into how many colleges?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

10. In Chapter 23, what is the name of the former teacher McCall encounters and wishes to tell that his lessons made a difference?
(a) Gates.
(b) Miller.
(c) Jones.
(d) Butler.

11. How many bedrooms does the new housing development home have?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

12. In Chapter 23, McCall finds himself transferred to St. Bride's which is what type of place?
(a) A private religious compound.
(b) A minimum security prison.
(c) A new up and coming newspaper.
(d) A military installation.

13. According to McCall in Chapter 23, after making his career choice, he writes to what college?
(a) Norfolk.
(b) Hampton.
(c) Tidewater.
(d) Old Dominion.

14. In Chapter 18, McCall is able to discover literature relevant to his life and pass the time, when he is in what place?
(a) Visiting professor's class.
(b) Local museum.
(c) Courthouse law library.
(d) Prison library.

15. The wealthier side of the new black housing development is separated from a poorer white neighborhood which is called what?
(a) Academy Park.
(b) Cavalier Park.
(c) Academy Manor.
(d) Cavalier Manor.

Short Answer Questions

1. After someone McCall knows is shot by a homeowner while breaking into a home, what does McCall do?

2. In Chapter 11, McCall describes how he begins hustling people and then what?

3. From where is McCall released in February 1978?

4. Who is the person that visits McCall and McCall becomes concerned for this person's health?

5. McCall points out that eventually the young boys will give up their fist fighting in favor of what?

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