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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 Chapter 4, how many blocks is the walk to the black junior high school near McCall's home in the new black housing development?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 10.

2. McCall is fired from what kind of job after a confrontation with a supervisor?
(a) Mechanic.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Lawn Service.
(d) Construction.

3. When McCall writes to the college in Chapter 23, he explains his situation and asks for what?
(a) A job.
(b) Current catalogs.
(c) An internship.
(d) A new start.

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

5. From where is McCall released in February 1978?
(a) Medical supervision.
(b) Military duty.
(c) Prison.
(d) Current newspaper assignment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Because his parents can not afford anything different, McCall chooses to go to what college?

2. In Chapter 2, readers find that the new black housing development is separated from the poor white neighborhood by what?

3. At St. Brides, McCall is near his home and can have more what?

4. In Chapter 22, McCall comes to realize that many blacks feel education has nothing to do with them so they do what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does McCall feel he should have acted differently when he refuses work while on a prison type plantation in Chapter 19?

4. 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?

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

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

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

8. How does McCall use his new "power" of the gun when chased by group that has beaten him, and how does he feel?

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

10. 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?

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