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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gunnar say most people are not ready to do?
(a) Die for an idea.
(b) Speak the truth.
(c) Graduate from college.
(d) Take on the government.

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

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

4. How does Gunnar feel about the members of his creative writing class?
(a) Thinks they are very talented.
(b) Thinks they have no original thought.
(c) Thinks they might be second class writers.
(d) He has no opinion of his classmates.

5. Where does a recruiter from Harvard take Gunnar?
(a) To the space center.
(b) To a Harvard football game.
(c) To dinner.
(d) To a five star hotel.

6. Why does Gunnar go to Ms. Kim's store?
(a) To get something to drink.
(b) To loot the store.
(c) To break a window.
(d) To see if she is okay.

7. How does Yoshiko deal with the wedding crashers?
(a) Yelling and hitting.
(b) She ignores them.
(c) Shy and frightened.
(d) Politely and calmly.

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

9. What does Gunnar think of the rhetoric of Ambrosia?
(a) He thinks it is written badly.
(b) He thinks it is partly correct.
(c) He thinks its pretentious and ridiculous.
(d) He thinks it would make a good poem.

10. What title does Gunnar say he would give a book of poetry?
(a) Boston Terrier.
(b) Hillside Ramblings.
(c) Watermelanin.
(d) Black, White and Gray.

11. What does Gunnar do when he can't find any extracurricular activities he wants to do?
(a) Starts playing basketball.
(b) Decides to be a loner.
(c) Publishes a book of poems.
(d) Drops out of school.

12. What does Coach Shimimoto do at basketball practice in Chapter Seven?
(a) Have the players form a friendship circle.
(b) Cuss out Gunnar.
(c) Keep the team longer than usual.
(d) End the practice early.

13. What is Ms. Kim doing when Gunnar arrives at her store?
(a) Running the cash register.
(b) Crying because her store is on fire.
(c) Asking some youths to throw Molotov cocktails in her store.
(d) Holding off a crowd with a shotgun.

14. What does Nick ask Gunnar when he brings up suicide?
(a) If the fire trucks are better in heaven.
(b) About the tallest buildings in Boston.
(c) How many pills one has to take.
(d) The best method of drowning.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many classes does Gunnar attend during his time at Boston University?

2. Who comes to ask Gunnar about his speech?

3. What do some people think Gunnar's speech at the rally does?

4. Where does Gunnar take Nick to try to help him relax?

5. How does Gunnar feel about a man's answer in Chapter Seven when he asks what is going on?

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