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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. What grade was Ozzie in when high school began to recruit him for their basketball teams?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Seventh.
(c) Sixth.
(d) Fifth.

2. What faith did Moore adopt in prison?
(a) Buddhist.
(b) Islamic.
(c) Christian.
(d) Jewish.

3. In Chapter 4, how did Moore tell Tony that he got money?
(a) DJing.
(b) Playing football.
(c) Refereeing football games.
(d) Working part-time.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what birthday did Moore have in prison?
(a) 31.
(b) 33.
(c) 32.
(d) 29.

5. When were the Murphy Homes built?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1961.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Moore incarcerated in Part 1?

2. How many years were Wes's grandparents married?

3. In Chapter 4, what was the name of the boy who got jumped and beaten for wearing the wrong color jacket?

4. At what age did Tony start dealing drugs?

5. How long had Moore lived in Baltimore County in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Wes go a few days after moving in with his grandparents in Chapter 2 and why did he plan to return?

2. What did Moore and Tony used to do in their days of boyhood innocence?

3. What story appeared about Wes in the Baltimore Sun in 2000?

4. Why did Moore's mother have to give up her dream of getting a college degree?

5. Where was Wes's mother born, and when and why did she and her family come to the United States?

6. Where did Mary send Wes to school in Chapter 3 and what was it like?

7. In Chapter 4, what did Mary find in Moore's room, and what did she do with it?

8. What was the one time that Wes had friends from school over?

9. How did Mary and her parents share parenting duties?

10. Why did Wes's mother, Joy, leave her first husband, Bill?

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