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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. How long does the principal have until he can retire?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 3 years.

2. Who gave Benjie his first joint of pot?
(a) Tiger.
(b) A kid on the first floor of Benjie's apartment building.
(c) Jimmy-Lee.
(d) A kid in the parking lot at school.

3. What shows does Nigeria complain that his wife attends?
(a) Quilting.
(b) Fashion.
(c) Knitting.
(d) Cooking.

4. On page 52, how long has it been since Rose met Butler?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 5 years.

5. How old does Benjie think a kid might be safe from sexual crimes?
(a) 15.
(b) 13 or 14.
(c) 11 or 12.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mrs. Bell grow up?

2. How old is Benjie Johnson at the beginning of the book?

3. When did Jimmy-Lee's father go to a March to Washington?

4. How much money is donated to the Friends of Drug Fighters Alliance?

5. What teachers complained to the principal that Nigeria was creating an atmosphere that bred hostility?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Walter say about what he does?

2. Why did Rose not go to a ball game with Butler and Benjie?

3. How does Benjie remember that he and his mother got along when he was a kid?

4. What does Nigeria remember about his grandfather?

5. Why did Benjie take money out of his grandmother's purse?

6. Why does Bernard Cohen consider quitting teaching or transferring to another school?

7. What does Benjie think about lying, and how did he break his code?

8. What does Nigeria say about spelling lessons?

9. How did Rose meet Butler?

10. What does Jimmy-Lee say about his father?

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