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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The excerpt of The Invisible Man assigned to Quinn's class was originally published as a short story with what title?
(a) Battle Royal.
(b) Franny and Zooey.
(c) Bartleby the Scrivener.
(d) The Open Boat.

2. From which art movement did Rashad's most influential artist emerge?
(a) Harlem Renaissance.
(b) Romanticism.
(c) Baroque.
(d) Cubism.

3. Quinn uses what color permanent marker in order to construct a tee shirt to wear the day of the protest?
(a) Blue.
(b) Black.
(c) Silver.
(d) Red.

4. Which comic strip did Rashad cut out and collect for a number of years?
(a) Beetle Bailey.
(b) Archie.
(c) Hagar the Horrible.
(d) Family Circus.

5. What two words does Quinn write on the back of a white tee shirt with a permanent marker?
(a) Are You?
(b) Matter Too.
(c) Always Matter.
(d) Don't Wait.

6. Before Quinn admits to himself that "there is a problem" with racially motivated violence in America, he briefly decides that he should bear no responsibility for "a problem of" (139) what?
(a) Culture.
(b) Law.
(c) Environment.
(d) Enormous scale.

7. What is the last name of the boy named Marc who was beaten up by Paul after he bullied Quinn?
(a) Blair.
(b) Mangione.
(c) Preston.
(d) Escobar.

8. In what type of receptacle under his bed did Rashad keep his collection of comic strips?
(a) A shoebox.
(b) A bucket.
(c) A cigar box.
(d) A plastic container.

9. By the time Quinn goes out to lunch with Jill on Monday, he has been avoiding which character all day?
(a) His mother.
(b) Paul.
(c) Guzzo.
(d) Willy.

10. Which element does Rashad always omit from his drawings once he begins to model his work after the work of his favorite artist?
(a) Blood.
(b) Faces.
(c) Color.
(d) Rain.

11. Coach Carter tells the basketball team on Monday that "In this gym, we're" (138) what?
(a) Only guys.
(b) Only scout bait.
(c) Only athletes.
(d) Only Falcons.

12. When Quinn arrives at school on Tuesday, he sees the words 'Rashad is Absent Again Today' on the concrete in what color?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Orange.

13. Coach Carney threatened to take what action against any members of the basketball team who discussed Paul's attack on Rashad?
(a) Bench them.
(b) Remove them from the team.
(c) Expel them.
(d) Fine them.

14. Which character encourages Rashad to attend the protest, even if the doctors have not cleared him by then?
(a) Mrs. Fitzgerald.
(b) Spoony.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

15. What name did Paul call Marc just after Quinn told him about getting his face pressed into the fence?
(a) Thug.
(b) Asshole.
(c) Jerk.
(d) Dummy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which teacher writes statistics about police brutality against black Americans in lieu of teaching the scheduled trigonometry lesson?

2. In which part of the hospital does Mrs. Fitzgerald work?

3. When Rashad's friends visit him in the hospital, who tells him that Tiffany had asked about him that day?

4. After Rashad really watches the news stories about himself, he adds which element to his drawn depiction of his arrest?

5. When Quinn goes outside on Wednesday and immediately sees Paul, he remarks that Paul looks like he has not slept for what period of time?

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