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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gunnar asked his comments about?
(a) The ways the government hurts blacks.
(b) When his baby is due.
(c) The suicide of a black student union leader.
(d) How long it will be before he publishes his poems.

2. How does Gunnar feel about a man's answer in Chapter Seven when he asks what is going on?
(a) Confused.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy.
(d) Indifferent.

3. What idea do Gunnar and Nick have about the riots?
(a) To find Psycho and do some real damage.
(b) To loot some items themselves.
(c) To try and talk people into stopping.
(d) To skip school the next day.

4. What does Gunnar say he is ready to do?
(a) Lead an armed rebellion.
(b) Die.
(c) Graduate.
(d) Burn up the university.

5. What does Gunnar do when he leaves his creative writing class and walks home?
(a) Tells his classmates to take off their clothes.
(b) Discards his clothing as he walks.
(c) Goes to the ice cream parlor.
(d) Goes to the library.

6. Where do Gunnar and Yoshiko tell people she will deliver their baby?
(a) At the Hillside hospital.
(b) In Hillside Park.
(c) At the police station.
(d) In Reynier Park.

7. What do the wedding crashers say to the guests?
(a) Gunnar is too young to marry.
(b) Gunnar is gay.
(c) Gunnar can't marry until he is out of school.
(d) Gunnar belongs to them.

8. Where is the wedding reception held?
(a) In the backyard.
(b) At his father's house.
(c) At the police ball room.
(d) At the high school.

9. Where does Gunnar take Nick to try to help him relax?
(a) To the Boston slums.
(b) To the beach.
(c) To the library.
(d) To a dance club.

10. What does Gunnar say to Psycho when he offers Gunnar some valuable loot?
(a) Psycho should return it.
(b) He doesn't want it.
(c) He wants cash only.
(d) He is going to turn Psycho in to the police.

11. What does Gunnar decide is the best approach to his speech?
(a) Sarcasm.
(b) Humor.
(c) Dishonesty.
(d) Honesty.

12. What does Gunnar realize his words may sound like?
(a) A promotion of suicide.
(b) An advocate of the status quo.
(c) Someone who doesn't know anything.
(d) A whining old man.

13. How does Gunnar mock the game played between Campesino and Hillside?
(a) Paints a KKK on the basketball.
(b) Paints his face white.
(c) Wears a Hillside uniform.
(d) Often throws the ball to Hillside players.

14. What does Gunnar's mother lend him following the wedding?
(a) Her car.
(b) Her pass to Disneyland.
(c) Her charge card.
(d) Her bedroom.

15. How does Gunnar feel about the introductory speaker?
(a) Enraged.
(b) Irritated.
(c) Respectful.
(d) Amused.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gunnar notice about a store as he walks by in Chapter Seven?

2. What is Yoshiko doing when Gunnar arrives at his apartment following his class?

3. What does Gunnar, in a sarcastic fashion, think he should get when people say he is a new black leader?

4. What major event occurred at the beginning of Chapter Seven?

5. Why was Gunnar wanted at this school?

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