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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. Who replies to Socrates' letter to Theresa?

2. What is the name of Socrates' boss?

3. Who agrees to take Darryl in their home?

4. Who puts out the $100 bill?

5. What does Socrates want to buy from Blackbird?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the bus driver tell Socrates about the lives of colored people?

6. Why can Socrates not wave goodbye to Right?

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

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

9. Why does Socrates think that Ponzelle started the fire?

10. How does this chapter show that sometimes violence is necessary?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mosley writes ALWAYS OUTNUMBERED, ALWAYS OUTGUNNED in the third person. Why do you think Mosley chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if Mosley wrote it in the first person?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Socrates' past affected one of the following areas in his life:

1) Work

2) Social life

3) Intimate relationships

4) Family

Essay Topic 3

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

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