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

2. As McCall learns more about what process, he finally makes a career choice?
(a) Printing.
(b) Writing.
(c) Business systems.
(d) Educational.

3. Who does McCall ask to marry him but he is moved to Southampton before the ceremony can take place?
(a) Denise.
(b) Debbie.
(c) Valerie.
(d) Elisabeth.

4. In Chapter 3, the reader discovers that McCall was jealous of his grandmother's affections while she worked as what for a Jewish family?
(a) Maid.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Cook.
(d) Nanny.

5. 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?
(a) The Army.
(b) The Navy.
(c) The Coast Guard.
(d) The Air Force.

Short Answer Questions

1. McCall vows to do what he can to help but has no idea what to do when his girlfriend tells him what?

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

3. In Chapter 9, McCall and his friends' ongoing feud with one group is interrupted by a new threat from where?

4. Why does McCall start ignoring his friends after he is named homecoming king?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does the Cadillac symbolize for McCall's stepfather in Chapter 10 and how does it affect McCall?

7. According to McCall in Chapter 6, why does he expect that his mother should have talked to her boys about sex?

8. How does McCall respond after going to a party in a hostile neighborhood unarmed with his friends and losing one of their own after fleeing shots from rival group?

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

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

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