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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part I of the book, McCall recalls a moment when this person grabbed one of his brothers and told them to "stop acting like a nigger." Who is this person?
(a) A school teacher.
(b) McCall's oldest brother.
(c) McCall's mother.
(d) McCall's stepfather.

2. What is the name of the school McCall's parents move him back to after he did not fit in at the white junior high school?
(a) Tidewater.
(b) W.E. Waters.
(c) G.T. McClean.
(d) J.L. Phillips.

3. From where is McCall released in February 1978?
(a) Prison.
(b) Military duty.
(c) Medical supervision.
(d) Current newspaper assignment.

4. McCall meets a man named Moses Battle who teaches MCall how to do what?
(a) Write news articles.
(b) Play chess.
(c) Shoot a gun.
(d) Drive defensively.

5. How many days in jail does McCall get for shooting a man in the chest?
(a) 90.
(b) 15.
(c) 45.
(d) 30.

6. In one of the clashes between the poor white neighborhood and the new black housing development, what happens to a young black girl?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She dies.
(c) She gets lost.
(d) She suffers permanent brain damage.

7. Turning to armed robbery in Chapter 11, McCall takes several things from his victims, except what?
(a) Jackets.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Underwear.
(d) Shoes.

8. In Chapter 14 McCall makes the college honor roll with what grade point average?
(a) 3.85
(b) 4.0
(c) 3.0
(d) 3.5

9. When the family arrives at their new home in 1964, McCall's stepfather works full-time and does lawn work part-time to support the family, after retiring from where?
(a) The Army.
(b) The Navy.
(c) The Coast Guard.
(d) The Air Force.

10. Who, according to McCall in Chapter 10, backs up his alibi when McCall needs one?
(a) His mother.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) His oldest brother.
(d) His father.

11. During one of the clashes in Chapter 9, the police arrive and a boy by what name is killed?
(a) Billy.
(b) Prairie Dog.
(c) Bimbo.
(d) Dwight.

12. What is the name of the girl crowned homecoming queen in Chapter 13?
(a) Denise.
(b) Elisabeth.
(c) Debbie.
(d) Valerie.

13. In Chapter 23, the college responds to McCall, telling him to do what?
(a) Seek help elsewhere.
(b) Send his transcripts.
(c) Enter a contest.
(d) Try again next semester.

14. In Chapter 4, "pimping" is a kind of what?
(a) Snitching.
(b) Walk.
(c) Pickpocketing.
(d) Sexual behavior.

15. At one point in Chapter 6, McCall describes "trains" as what?
(a) Drive-bys from rival gangs.
(b) Long trips.
(c) Gang Bangs.
(d) New city buses.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, McCall is sent into the juvenile court system after he is caught doing what with his friends?

2. In Chapter 18, McCall is able to discover literature relevant to his life and pass the time, when he is in what place?

3. In Chapter 2, readers find that the new black housing development is separated from the poor white neighborhood by what?

4. In Chapter 17, McCall is taken to this place and McCall notes that how you enter this place says a lot about you; what is this place?

5. What year did McCall's mother begin her relationship with McCall's biological father?

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