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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At St. Brides, McCall is near his home and can have more what?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Friends.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Visits.

2. In Chapter 10, what does McCall successfully do with an ice cream truck?
(a) Paint it.
(b) Work the route.
(c) Steal it.
(d) Drive it.

3. At one point in Chapter 6, McCall describes "trains" as what?
(a) New city buses.
(b) Drive-bys from rival gangs.
(c) Long trips.
(d) Gang Bangs.

4. The young boy attacked in Chapter 1 is riding what when he is attacked?
(a) The bus.
(b) A scooter.
(c) A skateboard.
(d) A bicycle.

5. Even being on the honor roll and adults pulling for his academic success is not enough to pull McCall from his old life, so in Chapter 14 McCall describes going to his college classes ___ or not showing up at all.
(a) High.
(b) Late.
(c) Unprepared.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. McCall learns a lot from a man named Jim who has been _______ for more than a decade.

2. What is the name of the boy in Part I of the book that McCall and others think is dead, only to find him alive and at home when they return to their neighborhood?

3. In Part I of the book, McCall recalls a moment when this person grabbed one of his brothers and told them to "stop acting like a nigger." Who is this person?

4. In Chapter 9, McCall and his friends' ongoing feud with one group is interrupted by a new threat from where?

5. In Chapter 11, McCall describes how he begins hustling people and then what?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the new housing development is built for blacks, what does McCall describe as the stated goal and the perceived goal for this project?

2. What does McCall realize about his life after Moses Battle teaches him how to play chess in Chapter 17?

3. How does McCall use his new "power" of the gun when chased by group that has beaten him, and how does he feel?

4. In Chapter 11, McCall is hustling people and breaking into homes; why does he stop?

5. From Chapter 23, how does McCall's behavior indicate his new found realization that he needs to take actions for the long term?

6. In Part I, McCall describes the power he gets from having a gun. How does this affect him?

7. When several of McCall's friends decide to drop out of school, why does McCall stay in school?

8. How does McCall and Elisabeth's scam affect them and the neighborhood?

9. Why does McCall refer to the fighting of whites and among groups and gangs, in Chapter 7 as "dress rehearsal?"

10. How does McCall respond after going to a party in a hostile neighborhood unarmed with his friends and losing one of their own after fleeing shots from rival group?

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