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

2. After someone McCall knows is shot by a homeowner while breaking into a home, what does McCall do?
(a) Hide.
(b) Quit.
(c) Shoot the homeowner.
(d) Run.

3. Who, according to McCall in Chapter 10, backs up his alibi when McCall needs one?
(a) His oldest brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) His father.

4. The wealthier side of the new black housing development is separated from a poorer white neighborhood which is called what?
(a) Academy Park.
(b) Academy Manor.
(c) Cavalier Manor.
(d) Cavalier Park.

5. Because his parents can not afford anything different, McCall chooses to go to what college?
(a) Norfolk State.
(b) Hampton.
(c) Old Dominion.
(d) Howard.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 23, McCall finds himself transferred to St. Bride's which is what type of place?

2. McCall meets a man named Moses Battle who teaches MCall how to do what?

3. At one point in Chapter 6, McCall describes "trains" as what?

4. In Chapter 17, McCall is taken to this place and McCall notes that how you enter this place says a lot about you; what is this place?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. In Chapter ,4 McCall is now in a black junior high school, but he is still the new kid; what are some things he does to help him fit in?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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