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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Chapter 25 opens with McCall entering what?
(a) College.
(b) Alcohol rehab.
(c) Military service.
(d) Drug rehab.

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

4. During dinner with program fellows, McCall shares what information with them and they all part closer than they were before?
(a) His fear white management.
(b) His desire to be an editor.
(c) His prison record.
(d) His racial sensitivity.

5. In Chapter 34, the mother of McCall's kids threatens to move back to where?
(a) Portsmouth.
(b) Norfolk.
(c) Lynchburg.
(d) Virginia Beach.

6. How much is the bail to free McCall from jail?
(a) $2,000.
(b) $1,200.
(c) $3,000.
(d) $1,500.

7. In Part III of the book, McCall describes how he never does this in front of white people?
(a) Dance.
(b) Sing.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Read.

8. After McCall meets up with his biological father again in Chapter 30, McCall's father tells him to call when he wants to do what?
(a) Meet his son.
(b) Go fishing.
(c) Go see a ballgame.
(d) Hang out.

9. In Chapter 36, McCall gets a visit from an old friend by what name?
(a) Scobe.
(b) Bimbo.
(c) Horace.
(d) Stanley.

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

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

12. What is the name of the guy calling out to McCall from a group of shackled inmates, that McCall recalls almost overdosing at the man's home?
(a) scobe.
(b) Dickie.
(c) Plaz.
(d) Bimbo.

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

14. What is the name of the co-worker's girlfriend that McCall befriends in Chapter 37?
(a) Sharon.
(b) Meg.
(c) Valerie.
(d) Susan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After St. Brides, McCall has a probation officer constantly telling him what?

2. Which one of McCall's kids come to live with him in Chapter 43?

3. 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.

4. Who is upset about the name McCall chooses in Chapter 32 for his son?

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

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