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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 many times does Quinn punch Guzzo during their fight on Thursday?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 0.

2. Which character tells Rashad on Monday about Coach Carney's demand for silence on the matter of Rashad's arrest?
(a) Shannon.
(b) Spoony.
(c) Carlos.
(d) English.

3. When Quinn is talking with Paul on Wednesday morning, Paul touches what part of Quinn's body?
(a) His shoulder.
(b) His back.
(c) His neck.
(d) His wrist.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As Rashad and Clarissa watch television together on Tuesday in Rashad's hospital room, Clarissa calls which character a bastard?

2. Quinn and which character decide to rename the basketball play called 'the fist' after Rashad?

3. To what location do Quinn and Jill go out for lunch together on Monday?

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

5. Which character does Quinn text immediately after he watches three different videos of Rashad's arrest?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Quinn have mixed feelings about the sentiment he sees written in front of his high school on Tuesday morning?

2. What sentiment does Quinn see on the concrete in front of the school's front steps when he arrives there on Tuesday?

3. What does the black marker symbolize within the section entitled Thursday?

4. What catalyst causes Quinn to realize that he is being self-centered in the section entitled Monday?

5. Who is Clarissa?

6. What item does Rashad give to his mother just before he drifts off to sleep in his hospital bed on Thursday and what is its significance?

7. What reason does Rashad's father finally express for his early-morning visit to see Rashad in the hospital?

8. What is the source of the gratitude Quinn feels toward Paul in relation to past events?

9. Who was Darnell Shackleford?

10. What items did Rashad collect for years, amassing the items in a shoebox beneath his bed?

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