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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. With what non-profit organization has Kaira volunteered?
(a) Habitat for Humanity.
(b) United Way.
(c) Make a Wish Foundation.
(d) United College Negro Fund.

2. What does Armpit's boss joke about concerning boys from the center?
(a) They are polite.
(b) They make the best diggers.
(c) They are arrogant.
(d) They are better behaved than boys who haven't been there.

3. What seemed overwhelming to Armpit?
(a) The evidence against him in Kaira's beating.
(b) Kaira's anger at him.
(c) The recovery time for his broken arm.
(d) Nothing.

4. What does Armpit forget for a moment when he arrives at the hotel?
(a) What is alias is supposed to be.
(b) Kaira's biggest hit single.
(c) If he's supposed to ask at the desk or go up.
(d) Kaira's alias.

5. Whom does Armpit's boss offer to hire?
(a) Felix.
(b) X-Ray.
(c) Any guys from the detention center.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has been embezzling money from Kaira?

2. Why does Armpit get beat on?

3. What does Kaira say she felt when she touched his armpit?

4. What does Kaira not hear Armpit say?

5. What is X-Ray prepared to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the attack on Kaira end?

2. What does El Genius do in Armpit's room?

3. What have Aileen and El Genius been doing with Kaira's money, and why does El Genius want Armpit to come to San Francisco?

4. What does the narrator say about what happens in the events surrounding Kaira?

5. Why is Armpit uneasy in a coffee shop and what does Kaira say about Ginny and Kaira's own work with a dying girl?

6. What happens when Armpit witnesses an interrogation of X-Ray?

7. Describe the phone conversation between X-Ray and Armpit.

8. What does Armpit's boss say about Armpit's work and what does the boss offer to do?

9. What does Armpit decide about the trip and how does he feel about his decision?

10. What does Armpit notice as he is telling Ginny about his time with Kaira?

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