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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 Jamal want to own one day?
(a) A business.
(b) A house.
(c) A yacht.
(d) A car.

2. How did Jamal feel during his meeting with the gang?
(a) Confident.
(b) Angry.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Scared.

3. What does Jamal do when he gets home from helping with the sets?
(a) Cleans the house.
(b) Turns on the TV.
(c) Takes a cold shower.
(d) Fights with Sassy.

4. Who supports Jamal in his idea to take a job instead of joining the gang?
(a) Mama.
(b) Mr. Davidson.
(c) Tito.
(d) Sassy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jamal asked to do when he comes to paint the sets?

2. Why does Jamal get sent to the principal so often?

3. How much money does Randy's lawyer need up front before working on the appeal?

4. Why does Jamal say he never wants to see Randy again?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Randy arrested for?

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

3. What are the Scorpion headquarters like?

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

5. Where does Jamal start walking after his fight with Dwayne, and who goes with him?

6. Where does Jamal sleep now that Randy is in prison?

7. What does the class bully make fun of Jamal for?

8. What is Jamal asked to do when he helps paint the sets, and how does he feel about this?

9. What kind of things does Jevon belittle Jamal about?

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

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