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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After St. Brides, McCall has a probation officer constantly telling him what?
(a) Get a job.
(b) Stay out of trouble.
(c) Get your own place.
(d) He does not like him.

2. As part of the divorce in Chapter 41, how much is the monthly child support?
(a) $700.
(b) $300.
(c) $750.
(d) $500.

3. In Chapter 24, what is the name of the person McCall talks about who shoots someone in the back over a basketball game?
(a) Billy.
(b) Scobe.
(c) Horace.
(d) Plaz.

4. McCall picks what middle name for the child he is expecting in Chapter 32?
(a) Micah.
(b) Michiah.
(c) Bakari.
(d) Nathan.

5. Who pressures McCall to marry the young woman he is seeing who is having trouble at her job because of feelings of inferiority?
(a) His friends.
(b) Local church leaders.
(c) Her parents.
(d) The Muslims.

6. After thinking about robbing a convenience store in Chapter 24, McCall decides to do what?
(a) Get help.
(b) Rob the store.
(c) Wait until dark.
(d) Drive away.

7. In Chapter 36, McCall says that an old friend comes to visit who wants to escape the drug scene from where?
(a) Hampton.
(b) Lynchburg.
(c) Portsmouth.
(d) Norfolk.

8. Who moves to California, taking McCall's son with them, in Chapter 30?
(a) Yvette.
(b) Valeire.
(c) Liz.
(d) Debbie.

9. In Chapter 42, McCall works where?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Maryland.

10. Which one of McCall's kids come to live with him in Chapter 43?
(a) Monroe.
(b) Bakari.
(c) His oldest daughter.
(d) His youngest daughter.

11. In Chapter 34, who gets pregnant after McCall spends a few nights with her?
(a) Debbie.
(b) Valerie.
(c) Denise.
(d) Yvette.

12. Which brother, according to McCall in Chapter 40, continues to drain his parents' resources?
(a) Bryan.
(b) Keith.
(c) Billy.
(d) Dwight.

13. Once hired by the newspaper, McCall describes being uncomfortable working what assignment?
(a) The court beat.
(b) Social scene.
(c) Politics.
(d) Violent crimes.

14. The total mortgage and child support McCall has to pay after the divorce in Chapter 41 is how much?
(a) $750.
(b) $1,050.
(c) $1,200.
(d) $1,500.

15. In Chapter 30, McCall recalls that when he and his brothers were really young, their father did not show up to take them where?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Skating.
(d) Shopping.

Short Answer Questions

1. During dinner with program fellows, McCall shares what information with them and they all part closer than they were before?

2. What is the name of the black civil rights leader in Chapter 33 that gives McCall a hard time?

3. After McCall is challenged by someone in Chapter 40, what does he do?

4. In Chapter 39, McCall describes his participation in a minorities and workplace racism fellowship which was held at which university?

5. In Part II of the book, McCall reflects on why many return to jail withing first ___ years of release.

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