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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. Where is Socrates when the police arrest him?
(a) A veterinarian's office
(b) A doctor's office
(c) His mother's house
(d) At home

2. Where do the bus driver's children live?
(a) San Francisco
(b) New York
(c) Atlanta
(d) Seattle

3. Who is Right giving most of his money to?
(a) His mother
(b) Darryl
(c) Socrates
(d) Luvia

4. Who does Folger say is trying to steal everything?
(a) The whites
(b) The Jews
(c) The Chinese
(d) The Koreans

5. What does Oscar tell Socrates he is?
(a) A good man
(b) A normal person
(c) A bad man
(d) A complex person

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Bruce do if he knew someone who killed two people?

2. What was the name of Sally's dog?

3. Who does Socrates meet at the riots?

4. Who wakes Socrates up from his dream?

5. What kind of cop is Kenneth Shreve?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Socrates help Roland when he is dying?

2. How does Darryl react when Socrates takes him to live with the MacDaniels?

3. What does Socrates think about the dog paw prints around him when he wakes up on the beach?

4. How does Socrates build up Darryl's confidence after the fight with Philip?

5. Why does Socrates stay at home during the riots?

6. Summarize the novel.

7. What does Socrates dream about his mother at the end of the chapter?

8. What does Bruce tell Socrates he would do if he knew a man that had murdered two people?

9. Why does Roland not like Socrates?

10. What does Socrates have to do in return for no jail time?

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