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

2. How many days in jail does McCall get for shooting a man in the chest?
(a) 30.
(b) 45.
(c) 15.
(d) 90.

3. In one of the clashes between the poor white neighborhood and the new black housing development, what happens to a young black girl?
(a) She suffers permanent brain damage.
(b) She runs away.
(c) She dies.
(d) She gets lost.

4. How old is McCall when the parents of his former girlfriend want him to testify about her assault?
(a) 15.
(b) 13.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

5. Besides rumbles between gangs, another common occurrence is fighting whom, according to McCall?
(a) Whites.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Parents.
(d) Cops.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what is the name of the young man that fights McCall to "toughen" him up?

2. During one of the clashes in Chapter 9, the police arrive and a boy by what name is killed?

3. When the family arrives at their new home in 1964, McCall's stepfather works full-time and does lawn work part-time to support the family, after retiring from where?

4. Who is the person that visits McCall and McCall becomes concerned for this person's health?

5. Looking for something else after the scam in Chapter 16, McCall robs a McDonald's and is sentenced to how many years?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. While driving around after graduation and not finding place to meet up with friends, what does McCall mean when he cites this driving around as an analogy of his life at this point?

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

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

8. Why does McCall dislike his stepfather's behavior with white people?

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

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

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