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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before drifting back to sleep on Thursday, Rashad tells his mother about which character?
(a) Quinn.
(b) Berry.
(c) Spoony.
(d) Katie.

2. Marc lived next to which landmark in Springfield, according to Quinn?
(a) Gooch High School.
(b) Gooch Park.
(c) Gooch Cafe.
(d) Gooch Gym.

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

4. The message Quinn sees written on school grounds on Tuesday had been made with what substance?
(a) Spray paint.
(b) Ribbons.
(c) Chips bags.
(d) Chalk.

5. Quinn wakes up how long before his alarm goes off on Thursday?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 2 hours.

6. 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?
(a) Weeks.
(b) Hours.
(c) Days.
(d) Months.

7. As the die-in part of the protest begins, a list of what will be read?
(a) Names.
(b) Dates.
(c) Crimes.
(d) Times.

8. After Quinn's lunch with Jill, he wonders whether or not taking which action in relation to racial inequality "just make[s] it worse for all of us" (136)?
(a) Talking about it.
(b) Trying to change it.
(c) Dwelling on it.
(d) Buying into it.

9. Where is Rashad when he receives a note from Chief Killabrew on Wednesday?
(a) At school.
(b) At home.
(c) In jail.
(d) In the hospital.

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

11. Quinn recalls which character providing him with a great deal of comfort after the loss of his father?
(a) Paul.
(b) Guzzo.
(c) Jill.
(d) Dwyer.

12. Rashad begins to experience which symptom of PTSD on Wednesday?
(a) Hallucinations.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Nightmares.
(d) Hot flashes.

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

14. The protest march is NOT co-planned by which of the following organizations?
(a) A community group.
(b) A church.
(c) A teachers' union.
(d) A number of student clubs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rashad makes a change to his style by drawing, he draws which element first?

2. How many years before the narrative present did Paul beat up Marc in retaliation for his attack on Quinn?

3. Quinn asks Jill during their lunch if he had been visible in the video clip of whose arrest?

4. After Rashad moved on from collecting a particular comic strip, he fell in love with the work of which artist?

5. Rashad discovers on Tuesday that Paul Galuzzo's status as a police officer has been changed in what way?

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