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

2. Durango Street offers hope that a dangerous gang is able to become a benign social organization how?
(a) Members going to prison or outgrowing their youth.
(b) With no outside intervention necessary.
(c) With help from sports figures.
(d) With outside intervention.

3. Rufus recognizes he is moving dangerously fast in his plan to make a truce with other gangs, but reminds himself of what?
(a) He cannot back down now that he has proposed his plan.
(b) Progress requires that he take some risk.
(c) Ernie Brown moves just as fast on the football field.
(d) He needs to move quickly to stay ahead of the Gassers.

4. Before getting off the bus from Pine Valley, where is it Rufus imagines running away to?
(a) Alabama.
(b) South America.
(c) Africa.
(d) Alaska.

5. After leaving his tire job, where does Rufus go and find Baby Gibson?
(a) Durango Dog.
(b) Happy Spot.
(c) Happy Days.
(d) Fat Boy's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alex Robbins tell the Moors his job is?

2. Rufus' winning his fight against Bantu without inflicting the severe damage a knife brings with it symbolizes what?

3. What topic does Mr. Rubio slyly try to introduce into the conversation?

4. In the fight among the Moors, author Frank Bonham relies upon a literary archetype - that is, the noble warrior who does what?

5. Rufus manages to hold his own against Bantu, forcing him to drop his knife, and then what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is it that Rufus Henry becomes leader of the Moors?

2. Why is it that members of the Gassers gang all have the same hair color?

3. What does Rufus Henry do when Alex Robbins finds the Moors boys for the first time?

4. How is it that Rufus Henry displays his practical side when initially encountering the Gassers gang?

5. Why is it that Rufus Henry intentionally ruins tires he is working on at his new job in the repair shop?

6. Why is the house in the Durango Housing Project not one in which Rufus Henry will feel at home?

7. How does Rufus Henry remain safe when the members of the Gassers gang surround him in the alley?

8. At the beginning of Durango Street, what is it Rufus Henry's parole officer, Ed Travers, initially ensures?

9. How does Rufus Henry deal with Idell subsequent to Rufus' fight with Bantu Motley?

10. In the weekly conversation that social worker Mr. Rubio has with Rufus Henry where they discuss his Ernie Brown scrapbook, what news does he relay to Rufus?

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