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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. After the divorce in Chapter 41, McCall receives a call from where about a job interview?
(a) The Washington Post.
(b) The Portsmouth Courier.
(c) The Virginia Pilot-Ledger Star.
(d) The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

2. After this person's trial, McCall found a note on his door telling him to give them money or the note writer would tell the "man" about McCall.
(a) Scobe.
(b) Bimbo.
(c) Chiily Bear.
(d) Plaz.

3. McCall realizes that he disagrees with the practice of women holding inferior positions in the home so he eventually does what, as noted in Chapter 26?
(a) Joins a group to fight this principle.
(b) Drops out of religious meetings.
(c) Writes a paper about the injustice of this principle.
(d) Helps his wife overcome this teaching.

4. In Chapter 30, McCall recalls that when he and his brothers were really young, their father did not show up to take them where?
(a) Skating.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Shopping.
(d) Fishing.

5. Upon a trip to visit the kids in what city, is McCall is arrested for non payment of child support?
(a) Norfolk.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Portsmouth.
(d) Hampton.

Short Answer Questions

1. The couple McCall befriends in Chapter 37 will soon be going to what country?

2. In Chapter 43, this woman claims to have birthed a child father by McCall.

3. After St. Brides, McCall has a probation officer constantly telling him what?

4. As noted in Chapter 32, what is the name of the detective with whom McCall bonds?

5. The total mortgage and child support McCall has to pay after the divorce in Chapter 41 is how much?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do friends and family have to help McCall when he goes to visit his kids in Atlanta, in Chapter 42?

2. Why does McCall see his grandchild as a another cycle of life?

3. How does the fellowship program in Missouri help McCall deal with his racial sensitivity?

4. How does McCall's relationship with his son, Monroe, compare to McCall's relationship with his biological father as described in Chapter 30?

5. In Chapter 35, how is McCall fitting into the mainstream?

6. Why does McCall enjoy the small things in Chapter 24?

7. What does McCall say about drugs and the young black man in Chapter 40?

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

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