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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 41, McCall's divorce leaves him making mortgage payments of what amount?
(a) $700.
(b) $1,200.
(c) $500.
(d) $1,500.

2. After arriving home from St. Brides, McCall makes arrangements to see whom but feels awkward around this person?
(a) Monroe.
(b) Bampoose.
(c) J.L.
(d) Billy.

3. Which brother, according to McCall in Chapter 40, continues to drain his parents' resources?
(a) Keith.
(b) Dwight.
(c) Bryan.
(d) Billy.

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

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

6. After St. Brides, McCall has a probation officer constantly telling him what?
(a) Get a job.
(b) He does not like him.
(c) Get your own place.
(d) Stay out of trouble.

7. In the beginning of Chapter 29, McCall quotes that he never expected going into the system would make him what?
(a) An outsider.
(b) So happy.
(c) Fit in easier.
(d) A target.

8. In Chapter 34, who gets pregnant after McCall spends a few nights with her?
(a) Debbie.
(b) Yvette.
(c) Denise.
(d) Valerie.

9. In 1981, McCall graduated with honors from what college?
(a) Old Dominion.
(b) Tidewater.
(c) Norfolk State.
(d) Hampton.

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

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

12. In Chapter 27, McCall has graduated from college and is looking for a job but he has two strikes against him, one being what?
(a) He is white.
(b) He is black.
(c) He is male.
(d) He is former addict.

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

14. When having lunch with a white person, McCall notes that he never orders what?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Watermelon.
(c) Soda.
(d) Collard greens.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During dinner with program fellows, McCall shares what information with them and they all part closer than they were before?

3. After the divorce in Chapter 41, McCall receives a call from where about a job interview?

4. In Chapter 30, McCall begins to connect with whom but then this person has to move?

5. McCall describes how he is so racially sensitive he can not enjoy an assignment covering what kind of contest?

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