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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rufus offer to buy with the money he gets when he leaves Pine Valley?
(a) Furniture.
(b) Clothes for his mother.
(c) Clothes for his siblings.
(d) Groceries.

2. What does Rufus offer Idell a chance to do following Bantu's defeat?
(a) Replace Bantu as president of the Moors.
(b) Leave the Moors with only a beating.
(c) Join Bantu in the Gassers.
(d) Exit the gang without a beating.

3. Now that Ernie Brown will be nearby, Rufus has a fantasy that he will meet Ernie and what else?
(a) Be recognized as his younger brother.
(b) Be recognized as his son.
(c) Be recognized as a skillful receiver.
(d) Be recognized as a skillful passer.

4. Where is the new home Rufus' parole officer takes him to?
(a) Durango Street.
(b) Pinehurst Street.
(c) Durango Valley Street.
(d) Teagardent Street.

5. Rufus' winning his fight against Bantu without inflicting the severe damage a knife brings with it symbolizes what?
(a) Rufus' capacity for noble action is less than Bantu's.
(b) Rufus' capacity for noble action is equal to Bantu's.
(c) He is unneccessary in beating Bantu once the latter drops his knife.
(d) Rufus' capacity for noble action is greater than Bantu's.

6. When Rufus asks his mother if she was really married to Ernie Brown, what is her response?
(a) For a few months, when she was 17.
(b) For a few months, when she was 18.
(c) For just over a year, when she turned 16.
(d) For a few months, when she was 16.

7. It is noted that it is safer for Rufus to keep from using a knife in the confrontation from what standpoint?
(a) Legal.
(b) Moral.
(c) Ethical.
(d) Physical.

8. Rufus realizes the Moors must agree to meet Alex Robbins at the crafts room for what reason?
(a) The official leader of the Moors is still in police custody.
(b) Alex Robbins can cause trouble for them with the police.
(c) The Moors has to have a majority agree before they make a move.
(d) The Moors have to discuss the matter to see if enough of them can go.

9. At his new job repairing tires, Rufus does not like it when the boss, Mr. Wells, does what?
(a) Uses the terms "scum" and "jailbird" to refer to him.
(b) Uses the terms "lowlife" and "scum" to refer to him.
(c) Uses the terms "boy" and "jailbird" to refer to him.
(d) Uses the terms "jailbird" and "riffraff" to refer to him.

10. Once safely at home following the alley confrontation, Rufus hears his mother doing what?
(a) Crying.
(b) Talking on the phone.
(c) Praying.
(d) Talking to his sister.

11. Rufus is wearing _________ as he leaves Pine Valley.
(a) Jeans, a T-shirt, and sneakers.
(b) His Boy Scout uniform.
(c) An ill-fitting exit outfit.
(d) Comfortable semi-dress clothes.

12. Rufus' mother says Rufus may take his sister along to the store, but his brother must stay behind to do what?
(a) Feed the dog and the fish.
(b) Clean his room.
(c) Get ready for bed.
(d) Protect her.

13. Which two Moors members does Alex Robbins learn exhibit high potential?
(a) Rufus and Baby Gibson.
(b) Rufus and Simon Jones.
(c) Rufus and Richard Motley.
(d) Rufus and Whitey James.

14. Once the kid with red hair leaves the grocery, what does Rufus tell his sister to do?
(a) Run home down the street.
(b) Go back to the store and call the police.
(c) Run home down an alley.
(d) Go back to the store and call her mother.

15. En route to the store, kids in a car with a "Gassers" sticker throw what at Rufus?
(a) A sack of chains.
(b) A sack of empty bottles.
(c) A sack of dirty diapers.
(d) A sack of broken bricks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rufus learn that Ernie Brown is being traded to Coast City's team?

2. Aware the Gassers will be looking for him after the broken glass event, Rufus decides he needs to find Baby Gibson for what reason?

3. Rufus decides his new tire job will not work the first day, so what does he do?

4. Who tells Bantu the Moors have a new president?

5. Sergeant Starkey is doubtful Alex Robbins will be successful in his assignment as the police have been unable to achieve that for how long?

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