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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 34, McCall moves out and begins doing what?
(a) Working.
(b) Coaching.
(c) Volunteering.
(d) Dating.

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

3. What is the name of the black civil rights leader in Chapter 33 that gives McCall a hard time?
(a) Hosea.
(b) Horace.
(c) Dwight.
(d) Jonathan.

4. To whom is McCall married and they agree to remain so despite problems, according to McCall in Chapter 38?
(a) Liz.
(b) Debbie.
(c) Yvette.
(d) Denise.

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

6. In Part III of the book, McCall is glad mothers are not using the names of _____.
(a) America.
(b) Foreigners.
(c) The English.
(d) Slavery.

7. Disgusted with the low pay of his job, this visiting friend decides to do what instead?
(a) Look for another job.
(b) Go back home.
(c) Go to school.
(d) Deal cocaine.

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

9. In Chapter 27, McCall has a dinner job interview with an editor and afterward wants to go somewhere "really" what to feel better?
(a) "Homey."
(b) "Casual."
(c) "Comfortable."
(d) "Black."

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

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

12. In Chapter 43, this woman claims to have birthed a child father by McCall.
(a) Valerie.
(b) Sharon.
(c) Carolyn.
(d) Shirley.

13. After this person's trial, McCall found a note on his door telling him to give them money or the note writer would tell the "man" about McCall.
(a) Scobe.
(b) Plaz.
(c) Chiily Bear.
(d) Bimbo.

14. Whose advice did McCall take when going to his boss to reveal his prison record, as noted at the end of Chapter 39?
(a) Professor Grant.
(b) Bill Kovach.
(c) Tom Lippman.
(d) Milton Coleman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the co-worker's girlfriend that McCall befriends in Chapter 37?

2. In 1981, McCall graduated with honors from what college?

3. In Part III of the book, McCall describes how he never does this in front of white people?

4. According to McCall in Chapter 43, how old is the daughter he supposedly had from the woman who claims to have had his child?

5. In 1981, McCall begins a job with what newspaper?

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