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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Gun Totin' Hooligans carry in their early days instead of guns?
(a) Chains.
(b) Staffs.
(c) Switchblades.
(d) Blow darts and spears.

2. What does Gunnar do when he returns to class from his examination?
(a) Wildly exaggerates what happened to him.
(b) Tells the class it only took three minutes.
(c) Tells everyone they can say no.
(d) Faints.

3. What does Gunnar do at Pumpkin's funeral?
(a) Sits with his mother.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Delivers the eulogy.
(d) Recites a poem.

4. What does Gunnar say the majority of the playground jokes concern?
(a) They are mostly gang jokes.
(b) They are mostly ethnic jokes.
(c) They are mostly jokes about teachers.
(d) They are mostly jokes about sex.

5. What must Gunnar do in school during Black History Month?
(a) Chart his family tree.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Write a report on Africa.
(d) Bring in a list of the Jim Crow laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the audience shocked by Gunnar's speech?

2. When Gunnar reads what is his favorite kind of book?

3. What does Gunnar's mother tell him to go get after they arrive at their new house?

4. What do the children think will happen to them at the park?

5. Who does Gunnar tell the police his Gang of Four plan to fight in a week?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Gunnar's mother send her children outside and where do they go? In what kind of condition is the place?

2. What does Gunnar recall about living in Santa Monica in Chapter 2 and why does he join the Cub Scouts? How does the Scouts work out for him?

3. What does Psycho do to get Gunnar to dance and how does their time at dances often end?

4. Where does Gunnar's father work, what does he do and what does Gunnar notice when he visits his father at work?

5. Where does Gunnar go to avoid beatings, what does he do there and how does he still get beat?

6. Where have Gunnar and his family moved and what kind of neighborhood is it?

7. Who is Eileen Litmus, for what is she known at school and how does she affect Gunnar's life at school?

8. What does Gunnar's elementary school emphasize?

9. Why does Gunnar's mother suggest her children should go to a black school?

10. What does Wolfgang Kaufman do in Nashville and why does he move to Chicago? What does he do in Chicago?

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