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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 assignment.
(b) Jail.
(c) Military.
(d) New School.

2. Who is assaulted by several guys before she and McCall consummate the act?
(a) Liz.
(b) Denise.
(c) Valerie.
(d) Debbie.

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

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

5. In Chapter 23, McCall is introduced to the fundamentals of what religion?
(a) Christian Sceince.
(b) Islam.
(c) Buddishm.
(d) Christianity.

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

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

8. 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?
(a) McCall's stepfather.
(b) A school teacher.
(c) McCall's oldest brother.
(d) McCall's mother.

9. Feeling the power of the gun after shooting at a gang chasing him, McCall goes home in Part I and almost confesses all he has done to whom?
(a) His gandmother.
(b) His stepfather.
(c) His youngest full brother.
(d) His mother.

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

11. 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) Miller.
(c) Gates.
(d) Jones.

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

13. What is the name of the book that eventually turns McCall on to religion?
(a) As a Man Thinketh.
(b) The Rebel Jesus.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Malcolm X.

14. In Chapter 10, what does McCall successfully do with an ice cream truck?
(a) Paint it.
(b) Drive it.
(c) Steal it.
(d) Work the route.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, "pimping" is a kind of what?

2. In Chapter 20, McCall is hurt when the mother of his son announces she is doing what?

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

4. In Chapter 7, McCall likens all the fighting between groups, gangs, and others as what?

5. McCall vows to do what he can to help but has no idea what to do when his girlfriend tells him what?

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