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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. In "Riot," what do the Redbleters drive when they pull up at the beginning of the chapter?
(a) White trucks.
(b) White SUVs.
(c) Black SUVs.
(d) Black trucks.

2. What do the Jackson parents teach at Chicago State?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Ancient Greek literature.
(c) Economics.
(d) Medieval literature.

3. How many people died in "Riot"?
(a) 19.
(b) 26.
(c) 31.
(d) 11.

4. Who does Janice live with?
(a) Great-uncle.
(b) Cousins.
(c) Grandmother.
(d) Great-aunt.

5. Where does Nugget go to college?
(a) Yale.
(b) University of Chicago.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Northwestern.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Martin Luther King Jr. was shot, how long did Paul hide under a car?

2. When was Claude's father a teenager?

3. Where does Janice say that her parents died?

4. In "Bubbly and Nugget," how old is Claude?

5. Last winter, where did Mary Dobson send her baby to?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Janice and the Redbelters," what does Paul look like in a photo he shows Claude?

2. What happens when Claude goes to a party at the twin's place with Chester, Janice, and Renaissance?

3. Why does Claude want to leave in "Vacuum," and what does Janice tell him?

4. How did Paul and Grandma meet?

5. How does Grandma get Claude to stop crying?

6. Where did Claude's father grow up?

7. What was Nugget's life like?

8. Why does Claude say that Chill's Smokehouse was a front?

9. How does Janice change in "Chester Dexter and Renaissance"?

10. What happened when Big Columbus disappeared?

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