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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 33, what family member's funeral does McCall attend?
(a) His stepfather.
(b) His bilogical father.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His mother.

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

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

6. McCall gives the keynote address at his ___ year high school reunion.
(a) 10th.
(b) 20th.
(c) 15th.
(d) 5th.

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

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

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) "Casual."
(b) "Comfortable."
(c) "Homey."
(d) "Black."

10. 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) Meals.
(b) Job training.
(c) Television.
(d) Money.

11. In Chapter 39, McCall interviews for a job with what newspaper?
(a) The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
(b) The Virginia Pilot-Ledger Star.
(c) The Portsmouth Courier.
(d) The Washington Post.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. McCall picks what middle name for the child he is expecting in Chapter 32?

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

3. In Chapter 31, McCall begins dating what girl who becomes pregnant after a few months?

4. As part of the divorce in Chapter 41, how much is the monthly child support?

5. As McCall describes his feelings about his assignments in Chapter 29, he reveals that these people are not objective but have feelings and opinions about everything.

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