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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Socrates move to after prison?

2. Who agrees to take Darryl in their home?

3. What does Burke want Socrates to get for him?

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

5. Who does RIght tell Charla he is going south to visit?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Socrates break the driver's nose?

3. How did the bookshop change Socrates?

4. What does Theresa's mother say in her letter to Socrates?

5. Why is Socrates concerned about his job?

6. How does Socrates talk Right out of killing himself with a gun?

7. What does Socrates tell Theresa in his letter to her?

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

9. Summarize the novel.

10. What does Socrates do with the reward money?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mosely wrote ALWAYS OUTNUMBERED, ALWAYS OUTGUNNED in 1997. Choose one of the following options and discuss how African Americans' lives have improved since then.

1) Living conditions.

2) Representation in the media.

3) Employment.

Essay Topic 2

Examine violence in the novel.

1) How do the characters in the novel view violence?

2) Do the characters need to be violent to cope in the world that Mosley portrays?

3) How did the public react to the novel's violence when it was first published? How would the public react to a similar book today?

Essay Topic 3

Pick a character from the novel and discuss the goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

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