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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. 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.

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

3. 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) Expel them.
(c) Fine them.
(d) Remove them from the team.

4. What is Rashad's mother's main emotion concerning the violent arrest of her son Rashad?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Numbness.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Anger.

5. In the section entitled Monday, Rashad states that he has been drawing since what age?
(a) 9 or 10.
(b) 5 or 6.
(c) 7 or 8.
(d) 11 or 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which element does Rashad always omit from his drawings once he begins to model his work after the work of his favorite artist?

2. Rashad's father tells him on Wednesday that he shot Darnell Shackleford it turned out that he was reaching for what item in his backpack?

3. 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)?

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

5. On Tuesday, Rashad makes the decision that he will attend what kind of event as long as he is allowed out of the hospital by then?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Clarissa?

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

3. In what way does the motif of dreams appear within the opening passages of the section entitled Wednesday?

4. Who was Darnell Shackleford?

5. Who is Mrs. Fitzgerald and how does Rashad meet her?

6. Provide one reason why Jill is so shocked to see such an aggressive police response to the planned protest march.

7. 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?

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

9. Spoony delivers the news to Rashad on Tuesday that his situation has inspired what three forms of response?

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

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