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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 McCall does what the college tells him to do in Chapter 23, McCall ____ a year's tuition.

2. From where is McCall released in February 1978?

3. In Chapter 23, McCall is introduced to the fundamentals of what religion?

4. McCall is fired from what kind of job after a confrontation with a supervisor?

5. The young boy attacked in Chapter 1 is riding what when he is attacked?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens with Plaz and how is McCall's stepfather involved?

2. When the new housing development is built for blacks, what does McCall describe as the stated goal and the perceived goal for this project?

3. How does McCall's advancing knowledge from Jim in Chapter 22 affect McCall's perception of blacks and education?

4. Why does McCall refer to the fighting of whites and among groups and gangs, in Chapter 7 as "dress rehearsal?"

5. What does McCall realize about his life after Moses Battle teaches him how to play chess in Chapter 17?

6. In Chapter 22, why is McCall hurt by his friends' actions while he is in prison?

7. In Part I, McCall describes the power he gets from having a gun. How does this affect him?

8. In Chapter ,4 McCall is now in a black junior high school, but he is still the new kid; what are some things he does to help him fit in?

9. In Part I, why does McCall envy the dirty white children running around in a restaurant?

10. Why does McCall feel he should have acted differently when he refuses work while on a prison type plantation in Chapter 19?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to McCall, why do so many return to prison within five years of leaving? Why does McCall say he understands why this happens? What is going on in his life when he realizes this, and why do you think McCall does not return to prison within this time?

Essay Topic 2

How does Stanley's visit and the resulting scenes and events in McCall's life facilitate McCall's decision to leave behind drug use from this point forward? How does this turning point reflect other changes that occurred in McCall's life during this time as well (family, career)?

Essay Topic 3

In Part III of the book, McCall describes his relationship with Yvette, her challenges with being inferior and the Muslim principle that women hold an inferior position in the home. Looking at McCall's upbringing, his relationship with his mother and his mother's role in McCall's home, how do the two outlooks, situations, etc. clash? Why does McCall have problems with this Muslim principle and how much of this is due to his upbringing and his mother's role in the home?

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