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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 did Swen want to do for a living?
(a) Professional dancer.
(b) Bank president.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Politician.

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

3. Why do two police officers come to Gunnar's house a couple of weeks after they move there?
(a) To see that the family has settled in well.
(b) To warn Gunnar about illegal activities.
(c) To talk to his mother about his father.
(d) To bring a fire code sticker.

4. Where does Wolfgang have a job?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Nashville.

5. What does the black man Gunnar asks for directions say about Gunnar's speech?
(a) He says he talks just like someone from the inner city.
(b) He say Gunnar talks with a white accent.
(c) He says Gunnar needs to speak louder.
(d) He says he uses correct grammar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What have the Gun Totin' Hooligans decided to do to honor Pumpkin?

2. Why doesn't Compton return home one night?

3. Who does Gunnar push on the swings at the park?

4. In what department does Gunnar hang at the store?

5. What does Gunnar do when he returns to class from his examination?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens when Gunnar meets Nick and some of Nick's friends for lunch?

4. How does Gunnar feel about organized basketball and why? What changes for Nick and Gunnar because of basketball and how do they deal with the change?

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

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

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

8. 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?

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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