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

2. What does Nick see as the problem with the Boston fire trucks?
(a) They are not painted red.
(b) They drive too fast.
(c) They have the wrong kind of siren.
(d) They are too big.

3. Why does Gunnar walk into the water at the beach?
(a) To kill himself.
(b) To go surfing.
(c) It is hot.
(d) To swim for exercise.

4. What is preventing Gunnar from going to his mother's home?
(a) It has burned down.
(b) She has sold it.
(c) The police are there.
(d) His father is there.

5. What happens to Gunnar when he walks to the store to buy something for Yoshiko's craving?
(a) He runs into his sister.
(b) He gets lost.
(c) He is stopped by a gang.
(d) A helicopter shines a light on him.

6. What does Gunnar's mother force him to do during his free time?
(a) Study for the SAT.
(b) Associate with other friends.
(c) Work at the local grocery store.
(d) Babysit his younger sister.

7. Who crashes Gunnar's wedding?
(a) Penny and Felicia.
(b) Betty and Veronica.
(c) Sally and Mary.
(d) Kathy and Linda.

8. Who arranges a marriage for Gunnar?
(a) Gunnar's sisters.
(b) Psycho Loco.
(c) Nick.
(d) Gunnar's mother.

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

10. What does Gunnar learn the recruiter from Harvard will get if Gunnar signs with him?
(a) Another year contract with Harvard as an independent consultant.
(b) The respect of his colleagues.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A large bonus.

11. Where does Gunnar find a refuge at school?
(a) The gym.
(b) The chemistry lab.
(c) The library.
(d) The cafeteria.

12. What does Gunnar say he was advocating in his speech?
(a) His own suicide.
(b) Holding the black family together.
(c) Getting high government officials to commit suicide.
(d) Dissolving the lines between races.

13. What does his creative writing class want Gunnar to do?
(a) Withdraw from the class.
(b) Read his classmates' writings.
(c) Teach the class.
(d) Put together a poetry collection.

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

15. Where do Yoshiko and Gunnar go from the beach?
(a) To the high school.
(b) To Gunnar's older sister's house.
(c) To her parents' house.
(d) To a cheap motel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gunnar do when he leaves his creative writing class and walks home?

2. What is the commotion Gunnar notices when he leaves a man's house after watching television there?

3. What does Gunnar say he is ready to do?

4. Where is the wedding reception held?

5. What does Gunnar do when he can't find any extracurricular activities he wants to do?

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