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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the gangs feel about Dave's trouble with the police?
(a) It gives him respect.
(b) It means nothing because it wasn't a real crime.
(c) It makes him look silly.
(d) He can't be a real preacher.

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

3. Who believes two spiritual advisers would be confusing?
(a) No one.
(b) His father.
(c) The judge.
(d) The prison chaplain.

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

5. What does the judge decide not to do?
(a) Have an open trial.
(b) Give the boys bail.
(c) Talk to Dave.
(d) Press charges against Dave.

6. What did Dave do to decide what he was supposed to do about the picture he saw?
(a) He talked to his brother.
(b) He studied books on gangs.
(c) He went into intense, trusting prayer.
(d) He called the police department.

7. What does Dave reminiscence about his grandfather the most?
(a) Working in his carpentry shop.
(b) His faith and preaching.
(c) Talking with Dave's grandmother.
(d) Teaching him how to fish.

8. When thinking about returning to New York how does Dave feel?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Ready to leave immediately.
(c) Resistant.
(d) Excited.

9. What was Dave's occupation?
(a) Mechanic.
(b) Pastor.
(c) Carpenter.
(d) Welder.

10. Who is one of the main gang leaders still hostile to Dave in Chapter 7?
(a) Alonzo.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Nicky.
(d) Switch.

11. Where does Dave go after he leaves the jail?
(a) He visits his brother.
(b) He heads back home.
(c) He gets a motel.
(d) He goes to New Jersey.

12. How do the gang members feel about attending the rally?
(a) Reluctant.
(b) Excited.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Hostile.

13. Why did Dave feel embarrassment about going to New York?
(a) He stuttered when he talked.
(b) He didn't have the proper clothes.
(c) He was ashamed of his religion.
(d) His country ways would make him look foolish.

14. To what does Dave's grandfather compare Dave's mission in New York?
(a) Perseverance through faith.
(b) Catching a fish and releasing it.
(c) Healing by prayer.
(d) The incident with the snake.

15. How does Dave feel after the first day at the courthouse?
(a) Calm and peaceful.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Humiliated and frustrated.
(d) Exhilarated.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gwen see his initial conversions?

2. What does his grandfather remember about a snake?

3. What does Dave suggest is the result of violence in gangs?

4. From what did Dave take encouragement about his idea?

5. What did the first parent of the teenage boys tell Dave?

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