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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 gang members find him in the store?
(a) The Hollywood Six Guns.
(b) The Blood Answer.
(c) Hell's Inmates.
(d) Gun Totin' Hooligans.

2. What does Gunnar feel like in his neighborhood?
(a) A clean-up boy.
(b) A prophet.
(c) A social reformer.
(d) A foreigner.

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

4. Why is the audience shocked by Gunnar's speech?
(a) He recites from the wrong play.
(b) He does the entire speech in Spanish.
(c) He modifies Shakespeare.
(d) He does all of his Shakespearean speech in rap.

5. What does Gunnar realize when the other students arrive in his first period class?
(a) They dress completely wrong.
(b) They talk funny.
(c) He is smarter than all of them.
(d) He has never been to school with black kids.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Gunnar reads what is his favorite kind of book?

2. What is the park near Gunnar's house like?

3. For what is Gunnar known among his friends?

4. What does Gunnar's mother do about his getting in trouble?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. How does Nick help Gunnar fit into the neighborhood better and how does Gunnar get a basketball?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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