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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Gunnar and his sisters told when others arrive at the park?
(a) They are in a gang's turf.
(b) They have to pay a dime each to use the park.
(c) They can use the swings only on the west side of the park.
(d) They are not allowed to use the swings.

2. What does Gunnar realize when the other students arrive in his first period class?
(a) He has never been to school with black kids.
(b) He is smarter than all of them.
(c) They dress completely wrong.
(d) They talk funny.

3. What is the status of Gunnar's parents' relationship?
(a) They are separated.
(b) His parents never married.
(c) They are married.
(d) Divorced.

4. For what is Eileen known in school?
(a) Being the fastest girl runner.
(b) Getting Gunnar in trouble.
(c) Wearing funny clothes.
(d) Being a brain.

5. What surprises the school receptionist about Gunnar's arrival at school?
(a) That he looks so young.
(b) That he knew where the office was located.
(c) That he was wearing a suit.
(d) That he is so early.

6. To where does Gunnar's family move?
(a) Henderson.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Los Diablos.
(d) Hollywood.

7. What issue does Gunnar's elementary school take to absurd levels?
(a) Multicultural issues.
(b) Being ready for college.
(c) Pacifism.
(d) Obeying authority.

8. Where does Coach Shimimoto learn to play basketball?
(a) While incarcerated in a camp during World War II.
(b) At a summer camp.
(c) From his father, a pro basketball player.
(d) At his high school.

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

10. In what subject is Nick Scoby most interested?
(a) History.
(b) Painting.
(c) Rap music.
(d) Jazz.

11. Where does Wolfgang have a job?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Nashville.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Atlanta.

12. What have the Gun Totin' Hooligans decided to do to honor Pumpkin?
(a) Support his mother.
(b) Take care of his sisters.
(c) Attack another gang.
(d) Buy his headstone.

13. What is one thing about Gunnar that shocks a young black man Gunnar stops for directions?
(a) That he didn't pay him for information.
(b) Gunnar's clothes.
(c) That Gunnar had on pink tennis shoes.
(d) That he asked directions from a stranger.

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

15. Why doesn't Compton return home one night?
(a) Lincoln wants him in Washington all the time.
(b) He dies during the trip.
(c) He runs away from home.
(d) He falls in love with a girl in Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the neighborhood to which Gunnar and his family have moved?

2. What do the children think will happen to them at the park?

3. What does Gunnar's mother tell him to go get after they arrive at their new house?

4. What type of families live in Gunnar's new neighborhood?

5. How does Gunnar feel about the police in his new area?

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