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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. McCall meets a man named Moses Battle who teaches MCall how to do what?
(a) Drive defensively.
(b) Write news articles.
(c) Play chess.
(d) Shoot a gun.

2. What kind of vehicle does McCall's stepfather drive that is also a cause for tension at McCall's job?
(a) An Oldsmobile.
(b) A Cadillac.
(c) An Eldorado.
(d) A work truck.

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

4. While at St. Brides, McCall learns what trade?
(a) Steel work.
(b) Shipping.
(c) Printing.
(d) Iron work.

5. Whatever McCall sells from the armed robberies is because he does not want it or because what?
(a) His parents might find it.
(b) It's to "hot" to keep.
(c) He does not like it.
(d) It does not fit.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to McCall in Chapter 13, who is liked by his parents for keeping him off the streets?

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

3. From where is McCall released in February 1978?

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. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. McCall describes his experience with a "train" being run on someone he cares about. How does McCall feel about this and what leads up to this event?

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

4. In the opening chapter when McCall, along with others, is beating the young white boy, what is going on in McCall's head?

5. In Chapter 20 and 21, how do McCall's encounters with women affect him?

6. In Part I, why does McCall envy the dirty white children running around in a restaurant?

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

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

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

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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