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

2. In Chapter 40, McCall talks about the impact of what on young black men?
(a) Music.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Sex.
(d) Prison.

3. What is the name of the black civil rights leader in Chapter 33 that gives McCall a hard time?
(a) Horace.
(b) Hosea.
(c) Jonathan.
(d) Dwight.

4. Once hired by the newspaper, McCall describes being uncomfortable working what assignment?
(a) The court beat.
(b) Social scene.
(c) Politics.
(d) Violent crimes.

5. In Chapter 41, McCall's divorce leaves him making mortgage payments of what amount?
(a) $1,500.
(b) $700.
(c) $500.
(d) $1,200.

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. In the beginning of Chapter 29, McCall quotes that he never expected going into the system would make him what?

3. In Chapter 31, McCall begins dating what girl who becomes pregnant after a few months?

4. What is the name of the young woman McCall is seeing that is having trouble at work because she feels inferior?

5. In Chapter 42, McCall works where?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Later, in Chapter 34, McCall pressures Debbie to abort their second child but why is McCall glad the abortion did not happen?

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

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

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