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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 have the Gun Totin' Hooligans decided to do to honor Pumpkin?
(a) Support his mother.
(b) Attack another gang.
(c) Buy his headstone.
(d) Take care of his sisters.

2. What is the name of the neighborhood to which Gunnar and his family have moved?
(a) Hillside.
(b) Las Casa.
(c) Riverview.
(d) Woodbridge.

3. What does Gunnar like to do most at home?
(a) Watch television.
(b) Listen to the radio and read.
(c) Build model airplanes.
(d) Shoot hoops in the driveway.

4. Where does Wolfgang get a job when he moves?
(a) A bar.
(b) A motel.
(c) In the bus station.
(d) A radio station.

5. Why can Gunnar walk the neighborhood without fear?
(a) His father has moved back in the house.
(b) He is too big to mess with.
(c) He is good friends with Psycho Loco.
(d) He has made friends with everyone in the area.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the receptionist tell Gunnar his aptitude suggests?

2. What does the black man Gunnar asks for directions say about Gunnar's speech?

3. Why does Gunnar think the officers' question about gangs is absurd?

4. What happens when two girls charge the swings where Gunnar and his sisters are?

5. What do the Gun Totin' Hooligans do after Pumpkin's memorial ritual?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. Why does Gunnar's mother suggest her children should go to a black school?

5. What do police officers in Gunnar's new neighborhood ask him and what is his response?

6. Why does Gunnar's mother send her children outside and where do they go? In what kind of condition is the place?

7. With whom does Gunnar make friends during his first semester at his new school and what does he choose in his second semester schedule?

8. Where does Gunnar go to avoid beatings, what does he do there and how does he still get beat?

9. Why did Rolf go to a white high school and what happens to him in Vietnam?

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

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