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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 Chapter 26, McCall joins this organization due to his professor's influence.
(a) Black Panthers.
(b) American Muslim Mission.
(c) NAACP.
(d) Southern Baptists Association.

2. After McCall is challenged by someone in Chapter 40, what does he do?
(a) Pulls a gun.
(b) Drives on by.
(c) Walks away.
(d) Knocks the person down.

3. When having lunch with a white person, McCall notes that he never orders what?
(a) Soda.
(b) Collard greens.
(c) Watermelon.
(d) Chicken.

4. Disgusted with the low pay of his job, this visiting friend decides to do what instead?
(a) Go back home.
(b) Look for another job.
(c) Deal cocaine.
(d) Go to school.

5. In Chapter 24, what is the name of the person McCall talks about who shoots someone in the back over a basketball game?
(a) Horace.
(b) Plaz.
(c) Scobe.
(d) Billy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 36, McCall says that an old friend comes to visit who wants to escape the drug scene from where?

2. Once hired by the newspaper, McCall describes being uncomfortable working what assignment?

3. In Chapter 34, who gets pregnant after McCall spends a few nights with her?

4. In Chapter 27, McCall has a dinner job interview with an editor and afterward wants to go somewhere "really" what to feel better?

5. In Part II of the book, McCall reflects on why many return to jail withing first ___ years of release.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Part III, what relationship does McCall have with his editor?

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

5. What happens when McCall deals with the question of whether to abort his own child and an assignment in Chapter 31?

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

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

8. Why doesn't McCall trust anyone at the Virginia Pilot-Ledger Star where he works?

9. How does Danny's driving curiosity about race affect his relationship with McCall?

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

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