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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. How tall has Gunnar become by his first year in high school?
(a) About six foot.
(b) About six foot, six inches.
(c) He is six foot, two inches.
(d) He is five foot, eleven inches.

2. For what is Swen Kaufman known?
(a) Inventing the peanut grinder.
(b) The only black man to move to the South from the North.
(c) Leading a calvry charge during the Civil War.
(d) Having 45 children with two wives.

3. How do some of the children feel about the health exams?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Curious.
(d) Angry.

4. What was Euripides Kaufman's position in life?
(a) He owned a farm in Pennsylvania.
(b) The servant in a New York mansion.
(c) A slave in Boston.
(d) He was a Baptist minister.

5. What does Gunnar's mother tell him to go get after they arrive at their new house?
(a) Breakfast for the family.
(b) A city bus pass.
(c) A haircut.
(d) Some new clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Gunnar and Nick have lunch sometimes to escape the school crowds?

2. What does Gunnar realize when the other students arrive in his first period class?

3. What inspires Swen to create a new dance?

4. What type of families live in Gunnar's new neighborhood?

5. What emotion does Swen inspire in the people around him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Eileen Litmus, for what is she known at school and how does she affect Gunnar's life at school?

3. Why is the receptionist at the school surprised to see Gunnar and what does she tell him about his aptitude testing?

4. Where does Gunnar's father work, what does he do and what does Gunnar notice when he visits his father at work?

5. How do Gunnar and his sisters get along with the other children in the neighborhood?

6. What is one of Gunnar's favorite past times from a young age and what is he known for among his friends?

7. What does Gunnar reveal himself to be in the Prologue and how does he feel about his role?

8. What does Psycho do to get Gunnar to dance and how does their time at dances often end?

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

10. How did the Gun Totin' Hooligans come to be a gang?

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