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

2. Who signals to Jamal before his second fight with Dwayne?
(a) Tito.
(b) Angel.
(c) Indian.
(d) Mack.

3. What does Jamal do to ignore the comments of the class bully?
(a) Draw in his notebook.
(b) Pictures himself beating him up.
(c) Think about painting the sets.
(d) Count the floor tiles.

4. Who tends to be the voice of reason in Jamal's life?
(a) His teachers.
(b) Sassy.
(c) Tito.
(d) His mother.

5. What is the symbol of the gang?
(a) Scars.
(b) The jacket.
(c) A tattoo.
(d) A bandana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jamal love to do in his spare time?

2. Who supports Jamal in his idea to take a job instead of joining the gang?

3. Where does Jamal go after he leaves school the day he was sent to the principal's office?

4. What does Jamal find in the gang headquarters?

5. What does Jamal do when he and Dwayne are alone before the fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the Scorpion headquarters like?

2. What did Jamal do at the beginning of the fight that really angered Dwayne?

3. What is Tito worried about when he sees that Jamal brought the gun to school, and how does Jamal calm him down?

4. What does Mama ask Jamal when she gets home at the beginning of the book?

5. How long was Randy sentenced to jail, and what does Jamal think of this?

6. What does Dwayne do after his first fight with Jamal?

7. Why does Tito say the gang might let Jamal be their leader?

8. Why do Tito and Jamal choose to join the gang?

9. How does Jamal feel about the fathering Jevon does when he is around?

10. What kind of things do Jamal and Tito do together?

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