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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the receptionist tell Gunnar his aptitude suggests?
(a) He should be a school teacher.
(b) He should become a chef.
(c) He would make a good librarian.
(d) He would make a good CIA operative.

2. What does Wolfgang do for a living?
(a) Paints segregation signs.
(b) School janitor.
(c) Shines shoes.
(d) Picks cotton.

3. What happens when two girls charge the swings where Gunnar and his sisters are?
(a) Nicole accidentally hits one of the girls.
(b) Betty accidentally hits one of the girls.
(c) Veronica accidentally hits one of the girls.
(d) Susan accidentally hits one of the girls.

4. How does Gunnar feel about Eileen?
(a) He doesn't know her.
(b) He hates her.
(c) He is irritated at her.
(d) He has a crush on her.

5. When Gunnar reads what is his favorite kind of book?
(a) Fantasy and science fiction.
(b) Books about politics.
(c) Books about World War II aviation.
(d) Books about black activists.

6. What does Gunnar's mother do about his getting in trouble?
(a) Makes him give up his bike for a year.
(b) Makes him attend church.
(c) Makes him join the Cub Scouts.
(d) Makes him go to the Boy's Club.

7. Who does Gunnar tell the police his Gang of Four plan to fight in a week?
(a) Hell's Inmates.
(b) The Gun Totin' Hooligans.
(c) The Bowery Boys.
(d) The Hollywood Six Guns.

8. How does Gunnar feel about the police in his new area?
(a) He believes they work hard.
(b) He holds them in contempt.
(c) He thinks they are good cops.
(d) He thinks they may need more education.

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

10. With whom are Gunnar and Nick's drama team competing in a tournament?
(a) Teams from other states.
(b) Mostly teams from lower class white schools.
(c) Teams from mostly wealthy, white schools.
(d) Other black schools in the district.

11. What inspires Swen to create a new dance?
(a) Hearing slaves singing.
(b) Seeing his first born.
(c) Listening to Abraham Lincoln make a speech.
(d) Falling in love.

12. What gang members find him in the store?
(a) Gun Totin' Hooligans.
(b) The Blood Answer.
(c) The Hollywood Six Guns.
(d) Hell's Inmates.

13. What kind of summer camp does Gunnar's mother want them to go to?
(a) An all black camp.
(b) A racially mixed camp.
(c) She doesn't have an opinion about camps.
(d) An all white camp.

14. In what department does Gunnar hang at the store?
(a) Kitchen ware.
(b) Men's clothing.
(c) Camping section.
(d) Shoe department.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What have the Gun Totin' Hooligans decided to do to honor Pumpkin?

2. How do some of the children feel about the health exams?

3. Why do two police officers come to Gunnar's house a couple of weeks after they move there?

4. Why doesn't Compton return home one night?

5. What does Gunnar notice when he looks at the photographs in the display cases on his first day of school?

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