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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When McCall is confronted about leaving his prison record off of his application, what does he do in Chapter 39?
(a) Pretends he made a mistake.
(b) Tells them it should not matter.
(c) Asks for a chance to be heard.
(d) Withdraws from consideration.

2. Upon a trip to visit the kids in what city, is McCall is arrested for non payment of child support?
(a) Norfolk.
(b) Portsmouth.
(c) Hampton.
(d) Atlanta.

3. What is McCall's biological father's name?
(a) J.L.
(b) Jimbo.
(c) J.T.
(d) Billy.

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

5. In Chapter 30, McCall begins to connect with whom but then this person has to move?
(a) Horace.
(b) Billy.
(c) Monroe.
(d) J.L.

6. In 1988, who quits the Atlanta Journal-Constitution because of a disagreement with the "bigwigs?"
(a) Lippman.
(b) Kovach.
(c) McCall.
(d) Baum.

7. McCall is challenged one day while he is out doing what, as noted in Chapter 40?
(a) Driving.
(b) Working an assignment.
(c) Walking.
(d) Hanging with his buddies.

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

9. McCall has finished his probation, and according to Chapter 31, has a job offer where?
(a) Portsmouth.
(b) D.C.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Evansville.

10. Where does McCall visit his new daughter, as noted in Chapter 43?
(a) Rehab.
(b) At her home.
(c) The hospital.
(d) Jail.

11. In Part II of the book, McCall reflects on why many return to jail withing first ___ years of release.
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 7.

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

13. Besides McCall's friends, who helps raise bail money in Chapter 42?
(a) His parents.
(b) Debbie.
(c) J.L.
(d) Danny.

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

15. Who is upset about the name McCall chooses in Chapter 32 for his son?
(a) The grandfather.
(b) The maternal grandmother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. When having lunch with a white person, McCall notes that he never orders what?

2. In Chapter 24, what is the name of the person McCall talks about who shoots someone in the back over a basketball game?

3. According to McCall in Chapter 25, who is diagnosed with a terminal illness and kills himself and his wife?

4. In Chapter 26, a college professor introduces McCall to what religion?

5. In Chapter 32, McCall has fathered another child; what is the name that the baby's mother has picked for this child?

(see the answer keys)

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