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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 does Waneko's mother wipe Piri's face with?
(a) Tissues
(b) Cool clothes
(c) Baby wipes
(d) A towel

2. What kind of blood does Piri say they all have?
(a) Puerto Rican blood
(b) Negro blood
(c) White blood
(d) Angel blood

3. Why did Little not keep hitting Piri in the mid section?
(a) Piri's defense was too good
(b) He did not want to hurt him seriously
(c) He thought it was Piri's strongest area
(d) It would have left him open

4. Where does Trina go to in this section?
(a) Brazil
(b) England
(c) Canada
(d) Puerto Rico

5. What does Brew suggest the man can donate the money to?
(a) The Seaman's Fund
(b) African Aid
(c) Children in Need
(d) Cancer Research

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the gang put everyone when they have robbed the place?

2. Whose picture does Piri look for in his father's belongings?

3. What language does Gerald use to speak to Piri?

4. Why do Piri and his father stop fighting in the morning?

5. Where is Piri sent for five to fifteen years of hard labor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Piri's sentence for shooting the policeman and for the robbery?

2. How does Piri get off heroin?

3. What are Brew and Piri's opinion of Gerald?

4. Describe the system the gang uses to rob bars and stores.

5. What work does Piri find in Section 7?

6. What tragedy occurs when Piri returns to New York?

7. What do Piri and his family say to each other the next morning?

8. Why does Brew think the term "boy" is acceptable?

9. What story does Brew tell Piri?

10. Describe Piri's routine at Sing Sing prison?

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