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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the original name of the Gun Totin' Hooligans?
(a) Death by Fear.
(b) Electric Heads.
(c) Body Eccentric.
(d) Movin' Legs.

2. How does Gunnar feel about organized basketball?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Proud.
(d) Angry.

3. Why is the audience shocked by Gunnar's speech?
(a) He recites from the wrong play.
(b) He modifies Shakespeare.
(c) He does all of his Shakespearean speech in rap.
(d) He does the entire speech in Spanish.

4. What does Gunnar do at Pumpkin's funeral?
(a) Sits with his mother.
(b) Recites a poem.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Delivers the eulogy.

5. What two girls never take no for an answer from Gunnar?
(a) Sally and Mary.
(b) Betty and Veronica.
(c) Kathy and Linda.
(d) Penny and Felicia.

6. How do some of the children feel about the health exams?
(a) Curious.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Angry.
(d) Afraid.

7. With whom did Gunnar play in Santa Monica?
(a) He had no friends.
(b) Black friends.
(c) White friends.
(d) Black and white friends.

8. What happens to Gunnar and his sisters daily with the other children?
(a) They play with the others every day.
(b) They are beaten every day.
(c) They and the other children are chased out of stores everyday.
(d) Gunnar and his sisters beat up the other children everyday.

9. What is the neighborhood at the top of the hill from Gunnar's neighborhood?
(a) Wayneville.
(b) Hollywood Heights.
(c) Cheviot Heights.
(d) Waldenburg.

10. What does Nick do to keep attention away from him?
(a) Punches out students who talk to him.
(b) Messes up his school work.
(c) Begins to skip games.
(d) Stops trying so hard in basketball.

11. Where does Wolfgang move after he is fired?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Pittsburgh.
(c) New York.
(d) St. Louis.

12. What was Euripides Kaufman's position in life?
(a) He owned a farm in Pennsylvania.
(b) A slave in Boston.
(c) The servant in a New York mansion.
(d) He was a Baptist minister.

13. What type of families live in Gunnar's new neighborhood?
(a) White middle class.
(b) Mixed black and white middle class.
(c) Low income.
(d) Black upper class.

14. What emotion does Swen inspire in the people around him?
(a) Love.
(b) Joy.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Hate.

15. What does Gunnar think his school does to race?
(a) It makes it so unimportant it becomes important.
(b) Makes it irrelevant.
(c) It has no bearing on race.
(d) Makes it very important.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what subject is Nick Scoby most interested?

2. What are Gunnar and his sisters told when others arrive at the park?

3. What does Gunnar tell a girl about the eye chart?

4. What does Gunnar realize when the other students arrive in his first period class?

5. What surprises the school receptionist about Gunnar's arrival at school?

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