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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Telling the truth.
(d) Letting go of false friends.

2. When McCall writes to the college in Chapter 23, he explains his situation and asks for what?
(a) A job.
(b) An internship.
(c) Current catalogs.
(d) A new start.

3. In the neighborhood junior high school, McCall learns about putting down others as a competitive conversation called what?
(a) Joining.
(b) The dozens.
(c) Timing.
(d) One upmanship.

4. In Chapter 14, McCall considers that he got a light sentence for shooting a man because the man's life was worth so little and because McCall did so well in what?
(a) Keeping a job.
(b) Raising his son.
(c) Helping his parents.
(d) First year of college.

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

6. In Chapter 3, McCall talks about his family, including his two full bothers whose names are what?
(a) Junnie and Dwight.
(b) Billy and Junnie.
(c) Bryan Keith and Billy.
(d) Billy and Dwight.

7. McCall is fired from what kind of job after a confrontation with a supervisor?
(a) Newspaper.
(b) Mechanic.
(c) Construction.
(d) Lawn Service.

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

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

10. In Chapter 9, McCall is arrested for possession of what?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Sawed-off shot gun.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Heroin.

11. 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) Maid.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Cook.
(d) Nanny.

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

13. 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?
(a) New School.
(b) Jail.
(c) Military.
(d) New assignment.

14. Even being on the honor roll and adults pulling for his academic success is not enough to pull McCall from his old life, so in Chapter 14 McCall describes going to his college classes ___ or not showing up at all.
(a) Unprepared.
(b) Late.
(c) Angry.
(d) High.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 21, McCall writes about his sexual frustration, describing how rival gangs even fight over someone whose name is what?

2. In Chapter 11, as McCall's successful criminal activities increase, the youngsters in his neighborhood ____ him.

3. According to McCall in Chapter 9, after a boy is killed, who arrives in town with plans for war?

4. In Chapter 23, McCall is considering a career in either journalism or what?

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

(see the answer keys)

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