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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. In Part I of the book, McCall reveals that the reason he starts to steal is not for anything he needs but rather for what?
(a) Because his friends did it.
(b) Because his friends wanted him to do it.
(c) A rite of passage.
(d) To fit in.

2. According to McCall in Chapter 23, after making his career choice, he writes to what college?
(a) Norfolk.
(b) Hampton.
(c) Old Dominion.
(d) Tidewater.

3. McCall vows to do what he can to help but has no idea what to do when his girlfriend tells him what?
(a) She is sick.
(b) Her parents are divorcing.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She wants an abortion.

4. In Chapter 14 McCall makes the college honor roll with what grade point average?
(a) 3.5
(b) 3.0
(c) 3.85
(d) 4.0

5. In Chapter 11, McCall describes how he begins hustling people and then what?
(a) Stealing from his parents.
(b) Encouraging his siblings to steal.
(c) Hanging out with drug dealers.
(d) Breaking into homes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was McCall's mother when she began her relationship with McCall's biological father?

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. McCall points out that eventually the young boys will give up their fist fighting in favor of what?

4. In Chapter 2, readers discover that many feel the new housing development for blacks was created not to provide equal housing but for what?

5. In Chapter 2, readers find that the new black housing development is separated from the poor white neighborhood by what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 5, how is McCall affected after being caught shoplifting?

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

4. What scam do Elisabeth and McCall run in Chapter 15?

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

6. Why does McCall feel he should have acted differently when he refuses work while on a prison type plantation in Chapter 19?

7. How does McCall relate what happens with the manual prison labor in Chapter 19 with his stepfather's teachings?

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

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

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

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