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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Alfred waiting for in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Hollis.
(b) Sonny.
(c) Major.
(d) James.

2. Alfred dropped out of school in what grade?
(a) 9th.
(b) 11th.
(c) 5th.
(d) 8th.

3. The boys on Alfred's stoop in Chapter 8 tell him they want him to do what?
(a) Help rob the store.
(b) Be at church on Sunday.
(c) Give them his money.
(d) Leave the neighborhood.

4. In literature, what is the inherent incompatibility between the objectives of two or more characters or forces?
(a) Conflict.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

5. Where is Alfred going with his cousins and aunt in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) The grocery store.
(b) Church.
(c) The park.
(d) A diner.

6. Before he goes to sleep in Chapter 4, Alfred sets his alarm for what time?
(a) 5:30 a.m.
(b) 6:00 a.m.
(c) 7:15 a.m.
(d) 4:45 a.m.

7. What causes tensions to be particularly high at the gym in Chapter 10?
(a) The heat.
(b) The cold.
(c) The loud noise.
(d) The snow.

8. Alfred goes into his apartment feeling what at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Humiliated.
(c) Dejected.
(d) Triumphant.

9. In Chapter 4, there is a speaker on the street corner telling the black people to do what?
(a) Vote next week.
(b) Fight back against whites.
(c) Keep the neighborhood clean.
(d) Love their neighbors.

10. Whom does Alfred wish would run with him in the mornings in Chapter 10?
(a) Bud.
(b) Pearl.
(c) Sonny.
(d) James.

11. At what kind of store does Alfred work?
(a) Grocery store.
(b) Toy store.
(c) Electronics store.
(d) Clothing store.

12. When Alfred returns home in Chapter 6, who questions him regarding his whereabouts and asks if he has been out all night?
(a) James.
(b) Pearl.
(c) Major.
(d) Henry.

13. Alfred says that he wants to be a champion, and Donatelli points out that he has to start by being what in Chapter 3?
(a) A positive thinker.
(b) A contender.
(c) Religious.
(d) A bully.

14. Everyone who works at the arena in Chapter 7 seems to be what?
(a) Scowling.
(b) Drunk.
(c) On heroin.
(d) Happy.

15. What profession did Robert Lipsyte's father hold?
(a) School principal.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Boxer.
(d) Dentist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to the gym and tells Alfred that he should join them that night in Chapter 10?

2. Alfred's new friends explain to him that the fight was called off because Donatelli didn't want what in Chapter 7?

3. What caused the limp that Henry has in the novel?

4. In the beginning of Chapter 2, when Alfred wakes up, he is where?

5. When was author Robert Lipsyte born?

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