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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. How does McCall feel about the trip his co-worker and girlfriend are soon to embark?
(a) Sad.
(b) Excited.
(c) Glad.
(d) Jealous.

2. In Chapter 32, McCall has fathered another child; what is the name that the baby's mother has picked for this child?
(a) Jonathan.
(b) Nathan.
(c) Dwayne.
(d) Ian.

3. According to McCall in Chapter 25, who is diagnosed with a terminal illness and kills himself and his wife?
(a) Bimbo.
(b) Horace.
(c) Plaz.
(d) Scobe.

4. The couple McCall befriends in Chapter 37 will soon be going to what country?
(a) Africa.
(b) Ireland.
(c) France.
(d) Cuba.

5. McCall has finished his probation, and according to Chapter 31, has a job offer where?
(a) D.C.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Evansville.
(d) Portsmouth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 30, McCall begins to connect with whom but then this person has to move?

2. Whose advice did McCall take when going to his boss to reveal his prison record, as noted at the end of Chapter 39?

3. In Chapter 36, McCall's visiting friend gets a job doing what and becomes disgusted at the low pay?

4. McCall picks what middle name for the child he is expecting in Chapter 32?

5. In 1988, who quits the Atlanta Journal-Constitution because of a disagreement with the "bigwigs?"

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is McCall now afraid of the people with whom he was once so comfortable?

2. How does McCall's reaction to the watermelon eating contest assignment reflect his racial sensitivity?

3. How does Debbie's mom respond to the African name chosen for their first son and why does McCall insist on the African name?

4. How does Stanley's visit become a turning point for McCall and the drug scene?

5. What does McCall like about Islam according to Chapter 26?

6. Why does McCall feel like a slave on an auction block in Chapter 27?

7. How does McCall proceed with the advice he got from Milton regarding his prison record during the Washington Post interview?

8. Why do Debbie and McCall work on staying married?

9. How is McCall's life after being released from St Brides like starting life over?

10. Why does McCall feel he is bringing another child into a world of pain and strife (Chapter 32)?

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