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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 recalls a moment when this person grabbed one of his brothers and told them to "stop acting like a nigger." Who is this person?
(a) A school teacher.
(b) McCall's mother.
(c) McCall's oldest brother.
(d) McCall's stepfather.

2. In the neighborhood junior high school, McCall learns about putting down others as a competitive conversation called what?
(a) One upmanship.
(b) Joining.
(c) The dozens.
(d) Timing.

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

4. In Part I of the book, what is the name of the girl who teaches McCall that dancing can be fun?
(a) Liz.
(b) Valerie.
(c) Debbie.
(d) Denise.

5. What is McCall doing in Chapter 15 while his relationships with family deteriorate and McCall becomes more paranoid?
(a) Working two jobs.
(b) Working and going to school.
(c) Doing drugs.
(d) Doing jail time.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 4, how many blocks is the walk to the black junior high school near McCall's home in the new black housing development?

2. In Chapter 4, "pimping" is a kind of what?

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

4. 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?

5. From where is McCall released in February 1978?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is McCall relieved when he is realizes he will have to serve at least 18 months in jail of his sentence of several years for robbing McDonald's?

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. In Chapter 19, how and why do McCall's inmates decorate their cells?

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

5. How does McCall's advancing knowledge from Jim in Chapter 22 affect McCall's perception of blacks and education?

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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