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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. As noted in Chapter 32, what is the name of the detective with whom McCall bonds?
(a) Davies.
(b) Miller.
(c) McClean.
(d) Gant.

4. 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.

5. 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) Dickie.
(b) Plaz.
(c) Bimbo.
(d) scobe.

6. By the end of Chapter 29, McCall realizes that it is too much for him to have to keep confronting his ____ so he decides he needs to make a deep change.
(a) Past.
(b) Parents.
(c) Ex-wife.
(d) Son.

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

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

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

10. 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) His friends.
(c) The Muslims.
(d) Her parents.

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

12. Once hired by the newspaper, McCall describes being uncomfortable working what assignment?
(a) The court beat.
(b) Social scene.
(c) Politics.
(d) Violent crimes.

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

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

15. 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.
(a) Cops.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Journalists.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In 1988, who quits the Atlanta Journal-Constitution because of a disagreement with the "bigwigs?"

3. Disgusted with the low pay of his job, this visiting friend decides to do what instead?

4. In Chapter 43, this woman claims to have birthed a child father by McCall.

5. How much is the bail to free McCall from jail?

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