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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. Besides McCall's brothers, stepfather and mother, who else lives with the family when they move into their new housing development home?
(a) Liz.
(b) Debbie.
(c) J.L.
(d) Bampoose.

2. In Part I of the book, what is the name of the girl who teaches McCall that dancing can be fun?
(a) Liz.
(b) Denise.
(c) Valerie.
(d) Debbie.

3. In 1964, McCall and his family move into a new housing development called what?
(a) Academy Manor.
(b) Cavalier Park.
(c) Academy Park.
(d) Cavalier Manor.

4. In Chapter 20, McCall is hurt when the mother of his son announces she is doing what?
(a) Seeing someone else.
(b) Moving.
(c) Filing for divorce.
(d) Putting their son up for adoption.

5. In Chapter 3, McCall talks about his family, including his two full bothers whose names are what?
(a) Billy and Dwight.
(b) Bryan Keith and Billy.
(c) Billy and Junnie.
(d) Junnie and Dwight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, according to McCall in Chapter 10, backs up his alibi when McCall needs one?

2. In Chapter 8, McCall is severely beaten by whom?

3. In Chapter 12, McCall looks at what movie/show and how it affects young black men?

4. Feeling the power of the gun after shooting at a gang chasing him, McCall goes home in Part I and almost confesses all he has done to whom?

5. According to Chapter 4, how many blocks is the walk to the black junior high school near McCall's home in the new black housing development?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens with Plaz and how is McCall's stepfather involved?

2. How does McCall's advancing knowledge from Jim in Chapter 22 affect McCall's perception of blacks and education?

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. Early in Part I of the book, McCall presents his "understanding" about white people which is what?

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

6. McCall's relationship with Elisabeth Miller keeps him off the streets but raises a different issue. Explain.

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

8. Why do McCall and his stepfather clash about work in Chapter 10?

9. In Chapter 22, why is McCall hurt by his friends' actions while he is in prison?

10. In Part I of the book, why does McCall think a junior high school was built near the black housing development?

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