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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. Where does Jamal insist on fighting Dwayne?
(a) In the storeroom.
(b) Outside the storeroom.
(c) Outside of the locker room.
(d) In the hall.

2. What is the name of the class bully?
(a) Mack.
(b) Dwayne.
(c) Tyrone.
(d) Trevon.

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

4. What does Jamal do to show his leadership?
(a) Reads a letter from Randy.
(b) Agrees to let someone else lead.
(c) Shows the gun.
(d) Challenges Angel to a fight.

5. What does Jamal worry about after his fight with Dwayne?
(a) If Dwayne will tell about his gun.
(b) If Dwayne will sneak up on him without the gun.
(c) If Dwayne will challenge him again.
(d) If Dwayne believed the gun was real.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jamal's favorite meal?

2. Why does Jamal like his favorite teacher?

3. What emotion does Jamal feel whenever he has the gun?

4. Who does Jamal get to hide his gun before his fight with Dwayne?

5. What subject in school is the hardest for Jamal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Principal threaten to do to Jamal if his behavior does not improve?

2. How much money does Mama need to raise at the beginning of the book, and what is it for?

3. What makes Jamal's day better after he gets home from helping paint the sets?

4. What does Jamal want for Christmas?

5. What does Jamal think about as he walks away from his fight with Dwayne?

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

7. Who does Randy want Jamal to talk to, and how does Mama feel about this?

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

9. How does Jamal feel when he has the gun?

10. What does Jamal do to intimidate Dwayne and ultimately win the fight?

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