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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As the new kid in the black junior high school, McCall is introduced to the term "getting clean" which means what?
(a) Dressing in the coolest fads.
(b) Taking a bath.
(c) Letting go of false friends.
(d) Telling the truth.

3. McCall briefly turns to selling drugs but stops, admitting in Chapter 15 that besides the pitfalls McCall can't track what well enough to make money?
(a) The money.
(b) The cops.
(c) The people.
(d) The product.

4. How many bedrooms does the new housing development home have?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

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

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

7. In Chapter 11, McCall describes how he begins hustling people and then what?
(a) Breaking into homes.
(b) Stealing from his parents.
(c) Encouraging his siblings to steal.
(d) Hanging out with drug dealers.

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

9. According to McCall in Chapter 21, who has the men's hormones in turmoil and he hates them for this sexual tension?
(a) A female nurse.
(b) A gay man.
(c) A female teacher.
(d) His ex-girlfriend.

10. In Chapter 21, McCall writes about his sexual frustration, describing how rival gangs even fight over someone whose name is what?
(a) Pauline.
(b) Denise.
(c) Valerie.
(d) Abby.

11. After McCall and his friends beat the young man in Chapter 1, what does McCall admit he feared for a moment?
(a) Not getting in enough hits.
(b) That the victim was dead.
(c) Being arrested.
(d) Having his parents find out.

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

13. In Chapter 23, what is the name of the former teacher McCall encounters and wishes to tell that his lessons made a difference?
(a) Gates.
(b) Butler.
(c) Jones.
(d) Miller.

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

15. As McCall learns more about what process, he finally makes a career choice?
(a) Educational.
(b) Business systems.
(c) Writing.
(d) Printing.

Short Answer Questions

1. At one point in Chapter 6, McCall describes "trains" as what?

2. In talking about the black hero in Chapter 12, McCall comments that even his stepfather owns what?

3. When McCall writes to the college in Chapter 23, he explains his situation and asks for what?

4. McCall meets a man named Moses Battle who teaches MCall how to do what?

5. Who is assaulted by several guys before she and McCall consummate the act?

(see the answer keys)

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