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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. What two words does Quinn write on the front of a white tee shirt with a permanent marker?
(a) I'm Marching.
(b) Blue Lives.
(c) Black Lives.
(d) Take Action.

2. 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) Enormous scale.
(c) Law.
(d) Environment.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The message Quinn sees written on school grounds on Tuesday had been made with what substance?

2. Where is Rashad when he receives a note from Chief Killabrew on Wednesday?

3. Which character tells Rashad on Monday about Coach Carney's demand for silence on the matter of Rashad's arrest?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What event or influence led Rashad to change his drawing style after entering high school?

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

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

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

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

6. What is a die-in and what events are included in the die-in planned for Friday, according to Spoony?

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

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

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

10. Who is Clarissa?

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