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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Willie not question Lisa when she tells him to ask Lacey for a hundred and forty dollars?
(a) He is afraid of Lisa's temper, so he just does whatever she asks.
(b) He knows that a hundred and forty dollars is nothing to Lacey.
(c) He has come to trust her and knows that she has a reason for not telling him everything.
(d) He knows that he will never actually ask for that much money.

2. Why is Angel not grateful when Willie comes to her rescue?
(a) She knows that Lacey will come after both her and Willie when he wakes up.
(b) She is too frightened to realize that he has helped her.
(c) She does not like Willie and does not want to "owe" him anything.
(d) She wants to know why he did not interfere sooner.

3. According to Willie, how has his loss affected his perspective on life?
(a) He realizes that the only person's happiness that matters is his own.
(b) His life is more valuable to him now because he of everything he has lost.
(c) He realizes that if he works hard enough, he can be the same Willie that he was before.
(d) He realizes that he should not have been so hard on his parents.

4. What is the cause of Lacey's son's brain damage?
(a) He was hurt in an accident when Lacey was driving drunk and crashed the car.
(b) He was stuck in the birth canal too long during labor.
(c) He lost oxygen when he was a baby because Lacey left him locked in a hot car.
(d) Lacey beat him nearly to death.

5. Who keeps calling Lacey's house and getting him upset?
(a) The police.
(b) His accountant.
(c) His ex-wife.
(d) A mafia boss.

6. How are Willie and Lacey able to see Lacey's son?
(a) They get special permission from the judge.
(b) They climb over the hospital fence and peek in the window.
(c) They sneak through the service entrance.
(d) They sign in at the visitor's desk and claim to be distant relatives.

7. What is Lacey's primary occupation?
(a) He is the "muscle" for a crime family.
(b) He is a security guard.
(c) He is a bouncer at a nightclub.
(d) He is a pimp, or as he says, "human relations management."

8. With Sammy's help, what does Willie discover about his mind and his body?
(a) He can separate what he is thinking from what he is feeling.
(b) He can use his mind to overcome his body.
(c) His mind and his body are just extensions of one another.
(d) If his body does not work, he can live through his mind.

9. What is the gang leader doing when Willie approaches?
(a) He is cleaning his fingernails with a switchblade knife.
(b) He is shooting pennies against the curb.
(c) He is spinning and kicking as he stands on the back of a concrete bench.
(d) He is leaning against the bus stop pole watching Willie approach.

10. What kind of basketball player is Lisa?
(a) She takes risks with her plays that sometimes pay off.
(b) She is aggressive and pushes her way past the other players.
(c) She always seems to know exactly where the ball will be and she makes smart moves.
(d) She has raw talent, but seems to lack discipline.

11. Why is the school's fire alarm essentially useless?
(a) The fire alarm has no connection to the fire department and can only be heard within the school.
(b) The fire has already burned through its connection to the emergency dispatch.
(c) When Willie pulls it, nothing happens.
(d) The alarm is so old that Willie is not even sure that it works.

12. What does Willie find inside the school that terrifies him?
(a) Graffiti spray painted on the walls by the same gang that beat him up the year before.
(b) A homemade bomb.
(c) Broken windows and overturned garbage cans.
(d) A note that threatens to destroy the school builing.

13. When does Andre begin rebuilding the school?
(a) Two weeks after the fire.
(b) Two days after the fire.
(c) Five thirty in the morning on the day after the fire.
(d) Three weeks after the fire.

14. How will Willie be paying for his tuition to OMLC High School?
(a) He will help with janitorial and maintainance work at the school.
(b) He will take out a student loan and pay it back after he has graduated.
(c) Tuition is free for students who are considered homeless.
(d) Lacey will pay his tuition for as long as Willie continues to work for him.

15. How does Hawk respond to the news that the gang is beating up on Jack?
(a) He chases the gang members down the street, but cannot catch them.
(b) He yells threats at the gang while his classmates hold him back.
(c) He beats Kam, threatening to do more harm if he does not leave the school alone.
(d) He calls the police on his cell phone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Willie after he is attacked?

2. For what does Lisa use the one hundred and forty dollars that Willie gets from Lacey?

3. What offer does Lacey give to Willie that, according to Lacey, is "the best offer in town"?

4. What do Willie and the others at OMLC do on weekends during the first two months of school?

5. Why is Hawk convinced that the gang will be back to damage the school?

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