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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. At St. Brides, McCall is near his home and can have more what?
(a) Visits.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Friends.
(d) Freedom.

4. How old was McCall's mother when she began her relationship with McCall's biological father?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 13.
(d) 14.

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

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) Local museum.
(b) Prison library.
(c) Visiting professor's class.
(d) Courthouse law library.

7. In Chapter 22, McCall comes to realize that many blacks feel education has nothing to do with them so they do what?
(a) Drop out of public school.
(b) Commit crimes.
(c) Challenge the system.
(d) Act out in school.

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

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

10. What is the name of the school McCall's parents move him back to after he did not fit in at the white junior high school?
(a) W.E. Waters.
(b) Tidewater.
(c) G.T. McClean.
(d) J.L. Phillips.

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

12. In Chapter 8, McCall is severely beaten by whom?
(a) The Downtown Crew.
(b) The Streers.
(c) The Cherry Boys.
(d) The Bombers.

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) Jones.
(c) Butler.
(d) Miller.

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

15. 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 youngest full brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His stepfather.
(d) His gandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. In Chapter 2, readers discover that many feel the new housing development for blacks was created not to provide equal housing but for what?

4. Looking for something else after the scam in Chapter 16, McCall robs a McDonald's and is sentenced to how many years?

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

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