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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could the violence that spreads out from gangs called?
(a) Side line violence.
(b) Collateral violence.
(c) Familial violence.
(d) Street violence.

2. As what does Dave's grandfather symbolically see Dave's experience in New York?
(a) Evil turned into something beautiful.
(b) A snake always stays on its belly.
(c) A phoenix rising from the ashes.
(d) A forked tongue tells lies.

3. To whom does Dave speak when he leaves the courthouse?
(a) His wife.
(b) The teenagers' parents.
(c) The press.
(d) No one.

4. What do gang members think they will lose if they leave their home turf?
(a) They don't know the area and could get lost.
(b) Their power.
(c) Their girlfriends.
(d) Their money.

5. Who does Dave contact at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) His brother.
(b) A mother of a boy in the Dragon Gang.
(c) His wife.
(d) A father of a boy in the Crisp Gang.

6. What does Dave's wife remind him when he tells her of the rally?
(a) That she told him it would be fine.
(b) That she has accomplished something too.
(c) That he was sure it was going to be a failure.
(d) That he was supposed to be home.

7. What does his grandfather remember about a snake?
(a) It was shedding its skin.
(b) It moved away from loud noises.
(c) It was ready to strike.
(d) It was caught with a forked stick.

8. Why does Dave need signatures from the parents of the seven boys?
(a) To be allowed to write them.
(b) To officially appoint him as their chaplain.
(c) To visit them in jail.
(d) To be allowed to send them Bibles.

9. What did Dave do at the end of the trial's first morning?
(a) Talked to the bailiff.
(b) Pushed his way in to see the judge.
(c) Talked to the sheriff.
(d) Talked to the boys' parents.

10. What does Dave do with most of his time in New York at first?
(a) Explores the city.
(b) Looks for an apartment.
(c) Finds a church to join.
(d) Tryies to see the seven boys in jail.

11. Who was he determined to see in New York?
(a) His ex-friend.
(b) The leader of the Crisp gang.
(c) His brother.
(d) The presiding judge of the teenagers' trial.

12. What does Dave's grandfather tell him about New York?
(a) He has been messing it up.
(b) His mission may be more important than the seven boys.
(c) He needs to speak better.
(d) He should return to his home.

13. How did the rally go for the first few nights?
(a) It was a spectacular success.
(b) It was cancelled for the first two nights.
(c) It was a failure.
(d) It was moderately sucessful.

14. What did courthouse security believe Dave to be?
(a) A defendent's father.
(b) An assassin.
(c) A member of the press.
(d) A gang member.

15. Who calms Maria?
(a) Alonzo.
(b) Gwen.
(c) Dave.
(d) Delia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Dave uneasy about New York City?

2. Who did Dave tell of his idea to help the teenagers?

3. What did Dave do to decide what he was supposed to do about the picture he saw?

4. Who does Dave encounter when he goes to meet the Grand Gangsters Incorporated?

5. Who does Dave meet in Chapter 8 who becomes a big part of his mission?

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