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

2. In the chapter "Reconnected," what does Kody change his name to?
(a) Muhammad.
(b) Ishmael.
(c) Malcolm.
(d) Sanyika.

3. Who introduces Kody to the New Afrikan Independence Movement?
(a) Akiba Dhoruba Shakur.
(b) Walter Brown.
(c) His brother.
(d) Muhammad.

4. How is Kody able to afford an apartment with Tamu?
(a) He works for Muhammad.
(b) He works at the church.
(c) He gets a job from his mother's friend.
(d) He sells drugs.

5. In addition to Malcolm X, what other activist's words affect Kody?
(a) Eldridge Cleaver.
(b) Stokely Carmichael.
(c) Charles Barron.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kody respect Muhammad?

2. What world community does Kody fear is becoming gang like?

3. Why does Kody feel out of place when he attends an Islam service with Muhammad in the chapter, "Tamu"?

4. Why is Kody's cell block called 48 Hours?

5. What is the name of an alternative group that grows out of the C.C.O?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the final chapter, what does Kody tell the reader about the choices he has made in his life?

2. In "Nation Time," Kody is out with Tamu and their kids. Their car is pulled over by the police. Describe how the police treat Kody and how he responds to this treatment.

3. What changes does Kody go through he is transferred to San Quentin State Prison?

4. How does Killer influence the Crips organization?

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

6. How does Malcolm X influence Kody?

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

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

9. How is the new Crips organization similar to the old one?

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

(see the answer keys)

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