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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. How do Dave's initial attempts to find the parents end?
(a) In failure.
(b) He obtained all the signatures the first time out.
(c) He found half of them.
(d) Three of the parents had moved so he will need to go to New Jersey.

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

3. Who agrees to provide funding for the rally?
(a) Dave's grandfather.
(b) The city council.
(c) A generous member of the church.
(d) Fourteen churches in the area.

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

5. What does Dave think teenagers need instead of gangs?
(a) Better schools.
(b) A friendly, loving, non-judgmental place to go.
(c) To be saved by religion.
(d) Parents who attend church.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the rally go for the first few nights?

3. Who does Dave arrange for new Christians to see?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Dave feel on his journey to New York and what did he fear? Was his fear appropriate?

2. What happens at Dave's first attempt at street preaching? Why do you think it helped him with his mission?

3. What does Dave think would give the gang members the best chance at change? What does he think the gang members need to do? Do you agree with his thoughts?

4. What does Dave conclude about motivations for gang activity? Do you think you think there could be other reasons?

5. What did Dave's grandfather say about Dave's mission and what do you think his grandfather meant?

6. What does Dave's grandfather tell him about a snake? Explain how this story could be symbolic.

7. What kind of prayer did Dave's grandfather believe in and what was one example of it that Dave saw as a young boy? Do you think that event was a major influence on Dave's own life?

8. What did he tell his congregation and how did they respond? Do you think this was the reaction most congregations would have?

9. What does the author describe at the beginning of the book and what does he feel he should do? Do you think he seemed ignorant about the circumstances?

10. How does his attempts to find the parents go at first and what gives him his first break through? Do you think him "stumbling" onto the front door of the father is an amazing coincidence?

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