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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 does Gunnar tell a girl about the eye chart?
(a) The bottom line is written on the floor.
(b) They didn't check his eyes.
(c) The bottom line is FECES.
(d) He told her about the third line, not the bottom one.

2. Where do Gunnar and Nick have lunch sometimes to escape the school crowds?
(a) The coach's office.
(b) Outside in the bleachers around the track.
(c) At the library.
(d) In the gym.

3. Where does Pumpkin die?
(a) At Psycho's house.
(b) In a store.
(c) In the hospital.
(d) At school.

4. Why doesn't Compton return home one night?
(a) He dies during the trip.
(b) He falls in love with a girl in Washington.
(c) Lincoln wants him in Washington all the time.
(d) He runs away from home.

5. For what does Gunnar say he has been conscripted?
(a) As the epitome of a good African American.
(b) As the voice of all African Americans.
(c) As a stand-up comedian.
(d) As the representative of his school at national debate trials.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gunnar feel about the police in his new area?

2. How do some of the children feel about the health exams?

3. Where does Wolfgang get a job when he moves?

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

5. What does Franz do for the rest of his life?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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 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?

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

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

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

8. What happens when Gunnar is pushing his sister Nicole on the swing?

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

10. 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?

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