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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 suffers permanent brain damage.
(b) She dies.
(c) She runs away.
(d) She gets lost.

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

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

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

5. 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.

6. In Part I of the book, McCall reveals that the reason he starts to steal is not for anything he needs but rather for what?
(a) A rite of passage.
(b) Because his friends did it.
(c) To fit in.
(d) Because his friends wanted him to do it.

7. In Chapter ,1 McCall and his friends are what age when they attack another young boy?
(a) Adults.
(b) Middle school age.
(c) Teenagers.
(d) Elementary school age.

8. In Chapter 23, McCall is considering a career in either journalism or what?
(a) Languages.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Literature.
(d) Psychology.

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

10. In Chapter 11, as McCall's successful criminal activities increase, the youngsters in his neighborhood ____ him.
(a) Respect.
(b) Like.
(c) Fear.
(d) Pay attention to.

11. Who is the person that visits McCall and McCall becomes concerned for this person's health?
(a) His mother.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His son.
(d) His youngest sibling.

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

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

14. Whatever McCall sells from the armed robberies is because he does not want it or because what?
(a) It's to "hot" to keep.
(b) It does not fit.
(c) He does not like it.
(d) His parents might find it.

15. What kind of vehicle does McCall's stepfather drive that is also a cause for tension at McCall's job?
(a) An Oldsmobile.
(b) A Cadillac.
(c) A work truck.
(d) An Eldorado.

Short Answer Questions

1. McCall's stepfather takes in a child from his previous marriage who is older than McCall; what is this child's name?

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

3. In Chapter 10, what does McCall successfully do with an ice cream truck?

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

5. During one of the clashes in Chapter 9, the police arrive and a boy by what name is killed?

(see the answer keys)

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