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

2. According to McCall in Chapter 21, who has the men's hormones in turmoil and he hates them for this sexual tension?
(a) A gay man.
(b) His ex-girlfriend.
(c) A female nurse.
(d) A female teacher.

3. Why does McCall start ignoring his friends after he is named homecoming king?
(a) He is in love.
(b) He goes to a different school.
(c) He gets a job.
(d) He moves away.

4. McCall meets a man named Moses Battle who teaches MCall how to do what?
(a) Write news articles.
(b) Play chess.
(c) Shoot a gun.
(d) Drive defensively.

5. McCall vows to do what he can to help but has no idea what to do when his girlfriend tells him what?
(a) She is sick.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) Her parents are divorcing.
(d) She wants an abortion.

6. McCall points out that eventually the young boys will give up their fist fighting in favor of what?
(a) Education.
(b) Knives.
(c) Guns.
(d) Families.

7. In Chapter 12, McCall looks at what movie/show and how it affects young black men?
(a) Superfly.
(b) My Three Sons.
(c) Shaft.
(d) Leave it to Beaver.

8. McCall's stepfather takes in a child from his previous marriage who is older than McCall; what is this child's name?
(a) Junnie.
(b) Dwight.
(c) Bryan Keith.
(d) Billy.

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

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

11. In 1964, McCall and his family move into a new housing development called what?
(a) Academy Manor.
(b) Cavalier Park.
(c) Cavalier Manor.
(d) Academy Park.

12. After someone McCall knows is shot by a homeowner while breaking into a home, what does McCall do?
(a) Hide.
(b) Quit.
(c) Run.
(d) Shoot the homeowner.

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

14. In what year does McCall briefly attend a white junior high school for purposes of integration?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1966.

15. In Chapter 20, McCall is hurt when the mother of his son announces she is doing what?
(a) Putting their son up for adoption.
(b) Seeing someone else.
(c) Filing for divorce.
(d) Moving.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

4. Besides rumbles between gangs, another common occurrence is fighting whom, according to McCall?

5. McCall is fired from what kind of job after a confrontation with a supervisor?

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