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

2. What does Rufus ask the president of Baby's gang for?
(a) Entry into the Moors for protection.
(b) Entry into the Moors for drug access.
(c) Entry into the Moors to conduct burglaries.
(d) Entry into the Moors to help steal cars.

3. 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 just over a year, when she turned 16.
(c) For a few months, when she was 18.
(d) For a few months, when she was 16.

4. Rufus emerges out of the conflict with Bantu a leader who truly deserves what?
(a) The respect and contempt of his fellow Moors.
(b) The impertinence and esteem of his fellow Moors.
(c) The lament and honor of his fellow Moors.
(d) The honor and respect of his fellow Moors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Rufus' mother says Rufus may take his sister along to the store, but his brother must stay behind to do what?

2. Rufus is wearing _________ as he leaves Pine Valley.

3. After the Moors' initial contact with Alex Robbins, Rufus tells them to show up at the crafts center how?

4. Who are Rufus' siblings who greet him?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. While still at the crafts center, what is Rufus Henry's response when Alex Robbins suggests the Moors elect a president for their social club?

2. In the meeting following his fight with Bantu Motley, what does Rufus Henry suggest regarding how the Moors should deal with the Gassers?

3. How is it that Rufus Henry is let into the Moors gang after the president of the gang initially says no to his request?

4. How does the knife fight between Bantu Motley and Rufus Henry proceed?

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

6. After the police officer who pulls them over for questioning lets them go, what does Rufus Henry tell his sister as they continue to the grocery?

7. Before leaving the crafts center, how does Rufus Henry manage to embarrass himself when Alex Robbins attempts to find out if the Moors have an interest in watching the Marauders practice?

8. What are some of the things Alex Robbins from the Group Service Council learns upon studying the Moors' police file on the morning following the call he receives from Ed Travers?

9. Why is Rufus Henry nervous about going to the Durango Housing Project?

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

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