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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. McCall's stepfather takes in a child from his previous marriage who is older than McCall; what is this child's name?
(a) Junnie.
(b) Dwight.
(c) Billy.
(d) Bryan Keith.

2. In Chapter 12, McCall looks at what movie/show and how it affects young black men?
(a) Superfly.
(b) Leave it to Beaver.
(c) My Three Sons.
(d) Shaft.

3. In Chapter 3, the reader discovers that McCall was jealous of his grandmother's affections while she worked as what for a Jewish family?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Cook.
(c) Nanny.
(d) Maid.

4. In Chapter 23, McCall finds himself transferred to St. Bride's which is what type of place?
(a) A minimum security prison.
(b) A military installation.
(c) A private religious compound.
(d) A new up and coming newspaper.

5. What is the name of the boy in Part I of the book that McCall and others think is dead, only to find him alive and at home when they return to their neighborhood?
(a) Prairie Dog.
(b) Bryan Keith.
(c) Bimbo.
(d) Horace.

6. Besides McCall's brothers, stepfather and mother, who else lives with the family when they move into their new housing development home?
(a) Bampoose.
(b) Debbie.
(c) J.L.
(d) Liz.

7. On a weekend furlough in Chapter 22, McCall spends the night with whom and realizes the feeling between them is gone?
(a) Debbie.
(b) Denise.
(c) Elisabeth.
(d) Valerie.

8. After McCall does what the college tells him to do in Chapter 23, McCall ____ a year's tuition.
(a) Borrows.
(b) Gets waived.
(c) Pays.
(d) Wins.

9. While at St. Brides, McCall learns what trade?
(a) Shipping.
(b) Iron work.
(c) Steel work.
(d) Printing.

10. What year did McCall's mother begin her relationship with McCall's biological father?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1949.

11. Besides rumbles between gangs, another common occurrence is fighting whom, according to McCall?
(a) Cops.
(b) Parents.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Whites.

12. In Chapter 10, McCall talks about gifts under a Christmas tree that he ____.
(a) Takes.
(b) Drops off.
(c) Opens.
(d) Wraps.

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

14. In Chapter 18, McCall is able to discover literature relevant to his life and pass the time, when he is in what place?
(a) Courthouse law library.
(b) Prison library.
(c) Visiting professor's class.
(d) Local museum.

15. In Chapter 9, McCall and his friends' ongoing feud with one group is interrupted by a new threat from where?
(a) The new white junior high.
(b) Within the new housing development.
(c) Downtown.
(d) Academy Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, McCall talks about his family, including his two full bothers whose names are what?

2. At St. Brides, McCall is near his home and can have more what?

3. Whatever McCall sells from the armed robberies is because he does not want it or because what?

4. In Chapter 9, McCall is arrested for possession of what?

5. In Chapter 23, McCall is introduced to the fundamentals of what religion?

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