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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 Kody want his fellow gang members to attend Muhammad's Islam service?
(a) He believes the messages are very powerful.
(b) Muhammad is encouraging people to break out of jail.
(c) He wants the gang to become more religious.
(d) He wants them to have a quiet place to think.

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

3. In the chapter "48 Hours" why is Kody removed from his cell?
(a) He had a fight earlier.
(b) He refuses to come out.
(c) He refuses to eat.
(d) He refuses to stop saying the Machine in Motion chant.

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

5. What word does Kody struggle to understand from a Malcolm X quote?
(a) Oppressors.
(b) Alone.
(c) Death.
(d) Racist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a rule created by the Consolidated Crips Organization?

2. Who is the first person Kody meets when he arrives in prison at the start of "Reconnected?"

3. What California prison is Kody transferred to in the chapter "Reconnected?"

4. What does Kody hear that amazes him at the second Islam service he attends?

5. Who does Kody's cell mate attack in the chapter "48 Hours?"

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Suma influence Kody?

2. Do you think the C.C.O. has a positive influence on Kody?

3. What doubts does Kody have about the Consolidated Crips Organization?

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

5. 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.

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

7. In the chapter, "Nation Time", Kody is released from prison after a long sentence. How is Kody's life different now that he has left the Tray Eights?

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

9. How does Muhammad continue to influence Kody once he leaves the youth facility?

10. At the end of book, why does Kody return to jail?

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