View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ike's real reason for not wanting to go after his son's killer?
(a) He is too invested in his business.
(b) He is too old.
(c) He is afraid of his own killer instincts.
(d) He is too sick.

2. In Chapter Nineteen, what does Ike bring out to meet the bikers in his shop?
(a) A knife.
(b) A stick.
(c) A gun.
(d) A machete.

3. What does Buddy Lee take from Derek's and Isaiah's house?
(a) A grocery list.
(b) A note with a name and some numbers on it.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Money.

4. In Chapter Eighteen, who helps Buddy Lee clear his lungs with a whack on the back?
(a) Christine.
(b) Henry.
(c) Ike.
(d) Margo.

5. In Chapter Twenty-Two, what do Ike and Buddy Lee share together?
(a) A movie.
(b) A drink.
(c) Tools.
(d) A bag of popcorn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ike call after visiting the cemetery in Chapter Seven?

2. In Chapter Seven, where does Mya work?

3. What was one of Ike's last fights with his son about?

4. In Chapter Six, what is the name of the criminal gang?

5. Why does the cemetery director call Ike in Chapter Seven?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Fourteen, what clue do Ike and Buddy Lee find at their sons' house?

2. In Chapter Six, what does Grayson do?

3. In Chapter Nineteen, who comes to see Ike at his shop and what happens there?

4. In Chapter Thirteen, how do Buddy Lee and Ike best the two younger men in the house?

5. In Chapter Five, what is Ike's business that he started and how is it doing?

6. In Chapter Four, what did Ike sometimes do with Isaiah when he was a teenager that Isaiah never took to?

7. In Chapter Two, why is Ike angry at the pastor who speaks at his son's funeral?

8. In Chapter Eighteen, what kind of relationship do Buddy Lee and Margot have?

9. In Chapter Two, what does Buddy Lee want Ike to do with him?

10. In Chapter Eight, what does Buddy Lee say to Ike that really makes Ike angry related to race?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 658 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample