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

2. 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?
(a) To fit in.
(b) Because his friends wanted him to do it.
(c) Because his friends did it.
(d) A rite of passage.

3. Who is the person that visits McCall and McCall becomes concerned for this person's health?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His son.
(c) His youngest sibling.
(d) His mother.

4. In Chapter 14, McCall considers that he got a light sentence for shooting a man because the man's life was worth so little and because McCall did so well in what?
(a) Keeping a job.
(b) First year of college.
(c) Helping his parents.
(d) Raising his son.

5. In 1964, McCall and his family move into a new housing development called what?
(a) Academy Park.
(b) Cavalier Manor.
(c) Cavalier Park.
(d) Academy Manor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 20, McCall is hurt when the mother of his son announces she is doing what?

2. In Chapter 11, as McCall's successful criminal activities increase, the youngsters in his neighborhood ____ him.

3. What is the name of the school McCall's parents move him back to after he did not fit in at the white junior high school?

4. What kind of vehicle does McCall's stepfather drive that is also a cause for tension at McCall's job?

5. The young boy attacked in Chapter 1 is riding what when he is attacked?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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