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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. During dinner with program fellows, McCall shares what information with them and they all part closer than they were before?
(a) His prison record.
(b) His fear white management.
(c) His racial sensitivity.
(d) His desire to be an editor.

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

3. In Chapter 33, what does the black civil rights leader accuse McCall of being?
(a) Uncle Tom.
(b) Slave.
(c) Racist.
(d) Hypocrite.

4. 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) Bimbo.
(b) Plaz.
(c) Chiily Bear.
(d) Scobe.

5. Whose advice did McCall take when going to his boss to reveal his prison record, as noted at the end of Chapter 39?
(a) Professor Grant.
(b) Tom Lippman.
(c) Bill Kovach.
(d) Milton Coleman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 25 opens with McCall entering what?

2. In Chapter 33, what family member's funeral does McCall attend?

3. In Chapter 44, McCall boils down his life and that of his friends to one word, which is what?

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

5. What is the name of McCall's brother that locates McCall's biological father after he has been absent from their lives for so long?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens with the divorce from Debbie in Chapter 41?

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

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

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

6. How does McCall's decision to do the right thing and not worry about what people think about him in Part II illustrate McCall's growth and maturity?

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

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

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

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

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