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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Gunnar's mother decide they need to move?
(a) Her children act like white kids.
(b) She can't afford the house.
(c) The neighborhood is gettting dangerous.
(d) Gunnar is getting in too much trouble in school.

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

3. What kind of stories does Gunnar's mother tell him?
(a) Stories of Africa.
(b) Family history.
(c) Humorous stories.
(d) Fables with a moral.

4. Where does Gunnar's father work?
(a) The school board.
(b) He is a lawyer.
(c) In a health food restaurant.
(d) The Los Angeles Police Department.

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

6. Why can Gunnar walk the neighborhood without fear?
(a) He is good friends with Psycho Loco.
(b) His father has moved back in the house.
(c) He has made friends with everyone in the area.
(d) He is too big to mess with.

7. Who comes to the school to give health examinations?
(a) A volunteer doctor with nurses.
(b) Federal Health Department staff.
(c) Volunteer parents who are in the health care profession.
(d) City health workers.

8. What did the Gun Totin' Hooligans do together originally?
(a) They were a rap band.
(b) They all played football together.
(c) They were a group of dancers.
(d) They rode motorcycles.

9. Where does Pumpkin die?
(a) In a store.
(b) At school.
(c) At Psycho's house.
(d) In the hospital.

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

11. What does Gunnar like to do most at home?
(a) Shoot hoops in the driveway.
(b) Build model airplanes.
(c) Watch television.
(d) Listen to the radio and read.

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

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

14. What does Euripides do after he taunts some British soldiers?
(a) Lies down in the street.
(b) Moves to the back of the crowd.
(c) Gets himself shot.
(d) Runs home.

15. What seems to happen whenever Gunnar tries to make friends?
(a) He gets beat up.
(b) The kids laugh at him.
(c) He cannot make friends with any of the white boys.
(d) He is asked to join a gang.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the neighborhood at the top of the hill from Gunnar's neighborhood?

3. What kind of summer camp does Gunnar's mother want them to go to?

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

5. What do Gunnar and Nick and some other boys do at school on Monday?

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