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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. In Chapter 18, McCall is able to discover literature relevant to his life and pass the time, when he is in what place?
2. 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?
3. In Chapter 11, as McCall's successful criminal activities increase, the youngsters in his neighborhood ____ him.
4. McCall is fired from what kind of job after a confrontation with a supervisor?
5. In what year does McCall briefly attend a white junior high school for purposes of integration?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is McCall relieved when he is realizes he will have to serve at least 18 months in jail of his sentence of several years for robbing McDonald's?
2. How does McCall's advancing knowledge from Jim in Chapter 22 affect McCall's perception of blacks and education?
3. When several of McCall's friends decide to drop out of school, why does McCall stay in school?
4. How does McCall respond after going to a party in a hostile neighborhood unarmed with his friends and losing one of their own after fleeing shots from rival group?
5. What does McCall realize about his life after Moses Battle teaches him how to play chess in Chapter 17?
6. In Chapter 11, McCall is hustling people and breaking into homes; why does he stop?
7. How does McCall relate what happens with the manual prison labor in Chapter 19 with his stepfather's teachings?
8. How does McCall use his new "power" of the gun when chased by group that has beaten him, and how does he feel?
9. Why do McCall and his stepfather clash about work in Chapter 10?
10. In Chapter 20 and 21, how do McCall's encounters with women affect him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapters 35 through 39, McCall encounters trendy blacks, advice from Milton Campbell, reaction of fellow journalists in Missouri and Danny his co-worker. How does each of these situations affect McCall's perceptions about race? What challenges him? What changes him? Why?
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 14, McCall shoots a man who had once raped and is now harassing Elisabeth. How does the system handle McCall and this crime and how does this compare to how something like this might be handled in today's system with a shooter like McCall and a man like Plaz? Consider the type of threat to Elisabeth as an influencing factor as well.
Essay Topic 3
Explain McCall's conflict about deciding whether to join a gang while in prison or walk away (Part II of book, Chapter 17-23). Also discuss how this conflict illustrates McCall's growing maturity.
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