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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 24, McCall describes how he has come to appreciate the small things, after arriving home from St. Bride's with whom?
(a) His stepfather.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His grandmother.

2. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
(d) The Virginia Pilot-Ledger Star.

3. Chapter 25 opens with McCall entering what?
(a) Alcohol rehab.
(b) Military service.
(c) College.
(d) Drug rehab.

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

5. 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) Swimming.
(b) Shopping.
(c) Skating.
(d) Fishing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. McCall describes how he is so racially sensitive he can not enjoy an assignment covering what kind of contest?

3. By the end of Chapter 29, McCall realizes that it is too much for him to have to keep confronting his ____ so he decides he needs to make a deep change.

4. In Chapter 32, McCall has fathered another child; what is the name that the baby's mother has picked for this child?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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. Why are Debbie's parents happy about the pregnancy, while McCall's parents are not in Chapter 32?

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

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

7. How does McCall deal with his friends' suspicions about his "good fortune" in Part II of the book?

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

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

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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