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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1981, McCall begins a job with what newspaper?
(a) The Spartan Echo.
(b) The Washington Post.
(c) The Portsmouth Courier.
(d) The Virginia Pilot-Ledger Star.

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

3. After the divorce in Chapter 41, McCall receives a call from where about a job interview?
(a) The Portsmouth Courier.
(b) The Washington Post.
(c) The Virginia Pilot-Ledger Star.
(d) The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

4. 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) Shopping.
(c) Skating.
(d) Fishing.

5. In Part III of the book, this co-worker, whom McCall befriends, is of what faith?
(a) Christian.
(b) Buddhist.
(c) Islamic.
(d) Jewish.

6. According to McCall in Chapter 43, how old is the daughter he supposedly had from the woman who claims to have had his child?
(a) 19.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 21.

7. In Chapter 44, McCall boils down his life and that of his friends to one word, which is what?
(a) Stupidity.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Fear.
(d) Choices.

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

9. In Chapter 26, McCall joins this organization due to his professor's influence.
(a) American Muslim Mission.
(b) Southern Baptists Association.
(c) Black Panthers.
(d) NAACP.

10. The couple McCall befriends in Chapter 37 will soon be going to what country?
(a) France.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Africa.

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

12. According to McCall in Chapter 25, who is diagnosed with a terminal illness and kills himself and his wife?
(a) Scobe.
(b) Bimbo.
(c) Plaz.
(d) Horace.

13. In Chapter 38, after a change in the newspaper McCall receives what?
(a) A warning.
(b) A demotion.
(c) A pay cut.
(d) A promotion.

14. After St. Brides, McCall notes that he understands why so many return to prison so quickly after freedom because jail provides jail, housing, and ___ for inmates.
(a) Money.
(b) Job training.
(c) Television.
(d) Meals.

15. What is the name of the young woman McCall is seeing that is having trouble at work because she feels inferior?
(a) Liz.
(b) Denise.
(c) Yvette.
(d) Debbie.

Short Answer Questions

1. After thinking about robbing a convenience store in Chapter 24, McCall decides to do what?

2. In Chapter 41, McCall's divorce leaves him making mortgage payments of what amount?

3. The total mortgage and child support McCall has to pay after the divorce in Chapter 41 is how much?

4. Where does McCall visit his new daughter, as noted in Chapter 43?

5. What is the name of McCall's brother that locates McCall's biological father after he has been absent from their lives for so long?

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