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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The person who provided comfort to Quinn after his father's death had just recently taken what action at the time?
(a) Graduated from college.
(b) Graduated from high school.
(c) Joined the police force.
(d) Joined the military.

2. When Rashad ventures out of his hospital room, he takes the elevator and then visits what part of the hospital?
(a) The gift shop.
(b) The vending machine area.
(c) The arcade.
(d) The cafeteria.

3. Quinn remarks that his English teacher had recently assigned an excerpt of The Invisible Man by which writer?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Tom Robbins.
(c) Alice Walker.
(d) Ralph Ellison.

4. Rashad's father does not come to see him in the hospital on Tuesday due to suffering from which malady?
(a) Upset stomach.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Gout.
(d) Flu.

5. 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.

6. When Rashad makes a change to his style by drawing, he draws which element first?
(a) A series of bubbles.
(b) A mouth.
(c) A swath of color.
(d) A yellow circle.

7. As Rashad and Clarissa watch television together on Tuesday in Rashad's hospital room, Clarissa calls which character a bastard?
(a) Quinn.
(b) Paul.
(c) The governor.
(d) The police chief.

8. In which part of the hospital does Mrs. Fitzgerald work?
(a) The reception area.
(b) The cafeteria.
(c) The morgue.
(d) The gift shop.

9. Quinn meets Jill at the tag that says 'Rashad is Absent Again Today', which is located near what feature of the school's campus?
(a) The tennis courts.
(b) The library.
(c) The front steps.
(d) The gymnasium.

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

11. 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) Environment.
(b) Law.
(c) Enormous scale.
(d) Culture.

12. When Rashad provides narration about Sunday, the section begins with a transcript of which medium?
(a) A news program.
(b) A court proceeding.
(c) A song.
(d) A movie.

13. Which character explicitly tells the young men under his supervision, "No parties" and "no protests" (223)?
(a) Coach Carter.
(b) Chief Killabrew.
(c) Mrs. Tracey.
(d) Mrs. Fitzgerald.

14. The administration at the high school wants Mrs. Tracey to move on to the next unit without having the students respond in what way to The Invisible Man?
(a) Without writing about it.
(b) Without having debates about it.
(c) Without blogging about it.
(d) Without contttextualizing it.

15. After Rashad moved on from collecting a particular comic strip, he fell in love with the work of which artist?
(a) Aaron Douglas.
(b) Henri Matisse.
(c) Pablo Picasso.
(d) Salvador Dali.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the time Wednesday morning arrives, Rashad has been in the hospital for how many nights?

2. On Wednesday morning, Jill is outside of the high school handing out flyers with which character?

3. The excerpt of The Invisible Man assigned to Quinn's class was originally published as a short story with what title?

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

5. The protest march is NOT co-planned by which of the following organizations?

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