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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the gang members who find Gunnar in the store do?
(a) Tear up the store and blame it on Gunnar.
(b) Beat him up.
(c) Drag him out to the parking lot.
(d) Ask him to join the gang.

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

3. What does Wolfgang do for a living?
(a) Picks cotton.
(b) Shines shoes.
(c) School janitor.
(d) Paints segregation signs.

4. Why is Wolfgang fired?
(a) Using a Whites Only bathroom.
(b) Cussing at a student.
(c) Getting polish on a man's pants.
(d) Stealing cotton.

5. Where does Gunnar go to avoid trouble?
(a) Sears Roebuck.
(b) J.C. Penny's.
(c) Walmart.
(d) Montgomery Wards.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many siblings does Gunnar have?

2. For what is Gunnar known among his friends?

3. For what is Swen Kaufman known?

4. What does Gunnar's mother tell him to go get after they arrive at their new house?

5. With what part of playing basketball does Nick have a problem?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gunnar think about his school's emphasis and what does he say contradicts the school's sensitivity?

2. Who visits Gunnar in his new home shortly after he moves and what do they want?

3. What does Wolfgang Kaufman do in Nashville and why does he move to Chicago? What does he do in Chicago?

4. What does Gunnar do when he returns to class following his health examination?

5. What does Gunnar say his ancestors were like and what is his family situation in Chapter 1? Where does his mother work and what does she tell the children?

6. What does Gunnar's mother tell her children about their ancestor Euripides?

7. Where have Gunnar and his family moved and what kind of neighborhood is it?

8. With whom has Gunnar become friends in the three years in his new neighborhood and why can he walk unafraid there? What is one of the disadvantages of one of his friends?

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

10. What kind of work does Ludwig do and what may he unintentionally have done?

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