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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gunanr's father do when he sees Gunnar at Montgomery Ward?
(a) Hits him in the head with his shotgun stock.
(b) Arrrests him.
(c) Ignores him.
(d) Tells him to go home.

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

3. Where is the second place Gunnar and his bride go?
(a) To the library.
(b) To the amusement park.
(c) To the beach.
(d) To a basketball game.

4. What is the rally to which Gunnar is invited to speak protesting?
(a) The poor creative writing department.
(b) The food in the cafeteria.
(c) BU granting honorary doctorate to an African politician.
(d) The scarcity of black students.

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

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

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

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

9. What does Yoshiko tell Gunnar about herself one morning?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She wants a divorce.
(c) She is flunking school.
(d) She made the President's List.

10. What does Psycho Loco ask the Boston University recruiter?
(a) If Boston University has a racial quota.
(b) Whether Psycho can also get a scholarship.
(c) If Gunnar will be paid a salary.
(d) About housing for married students.

11. Why was Gunnar wanted at this school?
(a) To help improve the racial mix.
(b) To improve the basketball team.
(c) Because of his SAT scores.
(d) It was a favor to his father.

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

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

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

15. Why does Yosiko throw the class out of the apartment?
(a) She thinks Gunnar is getting a big head.
(b) She doesn't want to feed all of them.
(c) She tires of them.
(d) They don't like Chinese people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rescues Gunnar and Yoshiko at the L.A. airport?

2. What happens to Gunnar when he walks to the store to buy something for Yoshiko's craving?

3. Who comes to ask Gunnar about his speech?

4. How does the bride get to the wedding?

5. How does Gunnar get his assignments from class?

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