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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The wealthier side of the new black housing development is separated from a poorer white neighborhood which is called what?
(a) Academy Manor.
(b) Cavalier Manor.
(c) Academy Park.
(d) Cavalier Park.

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

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

4. 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) Because his friends did it.
(b) A rite of passage.
(c) Because his friends wanted him to do it.
(d) To fit in.

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

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

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

8. What is the name of the girl crowned homecoming queen in Chapter 13?
(a) Debbie.
(b) Valerie.
(c) Elisabeth.
(d) Denise.

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

10. During one of the clashes in Chapter 9, the police arrive and a boy by what name is killed?
(a) Billy.
(b) Bimbo.
(c) Prairie Dog.
(d) Dwight.

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

12. Because his parents can not afford anything different, McCall chooses to go to what college?
(a) Old Dominion.
(b) Hampton.
(c) Howard.
(d) Norfolk State.

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

14. 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 product.
(b) The people.
(c) The money.
(d) The cops.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As McCall learns more about what process, he finally makes a career choice?

2. In Chapter 22, McCall comes to realize that many blacks feel education has nothing to do with them so they do what?

3. What is the name of the boy in Part I of the book that McCall and others think is dead, only to find him alive and at home when they return to their neighborhood?

4. Who is the person that visits McCall and McCall becomes concerned for this person's health?

5. After McCall does what the college tells him to do in Chapter 23, McCall ____ a year's tuition.

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