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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 7, what is the name of the young man that fights McCall to "toughen" him up?
2. What is the name of the book that eventually turns McCall on to religion?
3. What is the name of the boy shot in McCall's front yard?
4. In Chapter 18, McCall is able to discover literature relevant to his life and pass the time, when he is in what place?
5. After losing his job, McCall is soon looking for opportunities to do what?
Short Essay Questions
1. When the new housing development is built for blacks, what does McCall describe as the stated goal and the perceived goal for this project?
2. Why does McCall feel he should have acted differently when he refuses work while on a prison type plantation in Chapter 19?
3. Why is McCall relieved when he is realizes he will have to serve at least 18 months in jail of his sentence of several years for robbing McDonald's?
4. In Chapter 22, why is McCall hurt by his friends' actions while he is in prison?
5. In Part I, why does McCall envy the dirty white children running around in a restaurant?
6. How does McCall's advancing knowledge from Jim in Chapter 22 affect McCall's perception of blacks and education?
7. What scam do Elisabeth and McCall run in Chapter 15?
8. How does McCall and Elisabeth's scam affect them and the neighborhood?
9. In Chapter 20 and 21, how do McCall's encounters with women affect him?
10. In Chapter 5, how is McCall affected after being caught shoplifting?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 14, McCall shoots a man who had once raped and is now harassing Elisabeth. How does the system handle McCall and this crime and how does this compare to how something like this might be handled in today's system with a shooter like McCall and a man like Plaz? Consider the type of threat to Elisabeth as an influencing factor as well.
Essay Topic 2
How are the people in McCall's life, outside of the prison, affected by his incarceration? (His son, Elisabeth, his parents, siblings, grandmother, etc.)
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 34, McCall talks about the pressure not to marry Debbie and his idea that the marriage will legitimize things. Explain circumstances. Discuss how the the pressure to not marry and McCall's perception of "legitimization" compare to McCall's decisions in earlier years on the streets and in the prison.
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