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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Jamal's teachers all tell him?
(a) He can escape his brother's fate if he wants to.
(b) He can do better.
(c) He will never succeed.
(d) He will be just like his brother.

2. What did Jamal say during his fight to intimidate Dwayne?
(a) I am not afraid of you.
(b) I can take whatever you can give!
(c) You are nothing to me.
(d) I am a leader of a gang.

3. Why is Jamal sent to the principal's office after his talk with Mack?
(a) Swearing in the halls.
(b) Missing homework.
(c) Jumping down stairwells.
(d) Being late to school.

4. What does Jamal want to buy when he gets some money?
(a) A television.
(b) A telephone.
(c) A radio.
(d) A VCR.

5. Why does Jamal get sent to the principal so often?
(a) Inappropriate language.
(b) Tardiness.
(c) Truency.
(d) Rudeness to the teacher.

6. What is the name of Jamal's father?
(a) Jerome.
(b) Tyrone.
(c) Trent.
(d) Jevon.

7. What does Jamal's father say Jamal needs to help his mother with?
(a) Helping Sassy.
(b) Earning money.
(c) Doing the chores.
(d) Finding new jobs.

8. Who does Mack say told him how much Randy's appeal will cost?
(a) His father.
(b) Randy.
(c) The lawyers.
(d) A policeman.

9. How old was Willie when Randy was arrested?
(a) 14.
(b) 12.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

10. What emotion does Jamal feel whenever he has the gun?
(a) Fear.
(b) Anxiety..
(c) Confidence.
(d) Excitement.

11. What is Jamal's sister's name?
(a) Sally.
(b) Sara.
(c) Sassy.
(d) Suzy.

12. Who does Jamal see meandering down the street at the beginning of the book?
(a) Policemen.
(b) Gang members.
(c) Addicts.
(d) Migrant workers.

13. How long was Randy sentenced to prison?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 10 years.

14. What does everyone say about Mack?
(a) He is a liar.
(b) He is strange.
(c) He is a coward.
(d) He is crazy.

15. Why does Tito join the gang?
(a) He wants to see what they do.
(b) He wants to have a group.
(c) He wants to watch out for Jamal.
(d) He wants to stop them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jamal say to assure Dwayne that the gun is real?

2. Why does Jamal like his favorite teacher?

3. Why is Jamal so skeptical about who Mack says is to be the new leader of the gang?

4. Who mocks Jamal when he returns to class from the principal's office?

5. What does Tito say he does NOT want Jamal to do?

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