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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. Why does Muhammad ask Kody and his group to leave the Islam service?
(a) The leader feels like they do not belong there.
(b) Kody gets caught with a weapon.
(c) They are not participating.
(d) They are talking during a film.

2. What does Muhammad say to Kody brother about their gang killings?
(a) He says that he is justified in their gang actions
(b) He tells him that by killing black people, they are promoting their own race's self destruction.
(c) He asks him what the gang does for Kody.
(d) He tells him to leave the service

3. What group does Kody compare the C.C.O to?
(a) The Bloods.
(b) The Black Panters.
(c) The military.
(d) The orginal Crips.

4. Why is Kody sentenced to solitary confinement in the chapter, "48 Hours?"
(a) He steals from his cell mate.
(b) He refuses to eat.
(c) He gets into a fight.
(d) He was there when his cell mate attacks someone.

5. What is Macc's set affiliation?
(a) Tray Eights.
(b) Hoover.
(c) Rollin' Sixities.
(d) Mexican Mafia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the chapter, "Tamu", what friend does Kody reconnect with after getting out of jail?

2. What is Kody arrested for in the final chapter?

3. In the chapter "Reconnected," what does Kody change his name to?

4. What job does Kody get in the chapter "Nation Time?"

5. In the chapter, "Tamu," what do the police find when they search Kody's home after he spends the day with Muhammad?

Short Essay Questions

1. What can you infer about Kody and Tamu's relationship after reading the chapter, "Tamu?"

2. Who is Walter Brown and how does he affect Kody?

3. Describe the rules the C.C.O. develops.

4. What are Kody's feelings about gangs at the end of the book?

5. How is Kody struggling with his gang life while in the youth facility?

6. How does Malcolm X influence Kody?

7. Describe how loyalty is a major idea in the chapter, "Tamu."

8. Kody goes to visit Crazy De in jail and determines that have a different outlook on gangs. How are their viewpoints different?

9. How do Kody's actions suggest that he feels uncomfortable when he is released from jail after a long sentence?

10. After Kody joins the New African Independence Movement, how does he feel about gangs?

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