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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In talking about the black hero in Chapter 12, McCall comments that even his stepfather owns what?
(a) A Cadillac.
(b) A television.
(c) A house.
(d) A gun.

2. According to McCall in Chapter 9, after a boy is killed, who arrives in town with plans for war?
(a) More rival gangs.
(b) The NAACP.
(c) The Black Panthers.
(d) The Army Reserve.

3. At St. Brides, McCall is near his home and can have more what?
(a) Visits.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Friends.
(d) Freedom.

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

5. In Chapter 22, McCall comes to realize that many blacks feel education has nothing to do with them so they do what?
(a) Commit crimes.
(b) Act out in school.
(c) Drop out of public school.
(d) Challenge the system.

6. According to Chapter 4, how many blocks is the walk to the black junior high school near McCall's home in the new black housing development?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

7. The young boy attacked in Chapter 1 is riding what when he is attacked?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) The bus.
(c) A skateboard.
(d) A scooter.

8. In Chapter 5, McCall is sent into the juvenile court system after he is caught doing what with his friends?
(a) Shoplifting.
(b) Vandalizing school property.
(c) Pickpocketing.
(d) Skipping school.

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

10. 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 new up and coming newspaper.
(d) A private religious compound.

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

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

13. How old is McCall's mother by the time she has birthed three sons?
(a) 21.
(b) 15.
(c) 18.
(d) 17.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. On a weekend furlough in Chapter 22, McCall spends the night with whom and realizes the feeling between them is gone?

3. How old was McCall's mother when she began her relationship with McCall's biological father?

4. 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?

5. In Chapter 12, McCall looks at what movie/show and how it affects young black men?

(see the answer keys)

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