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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. Where do Gunnar and Yoshiko tell people she will deliver their baby?
(a) In Hillside Park.
(b) At the police station.
(c) In Reynier Park.
(d) At the Hillside hospital.

2. What does Gunnar's coach tell him one morning?
(a) Gunnar is suspended from play.
(b) Nick has killed himself.
(c) The basketball team is going to state finals.
(d) Nick is in a mental institution.

3. What does Gunnar do when the introductory speaker is talking?
(a) Openly shows his contempt.
(b) Supports him with clapping.
(c) Raises a political sign in the air.
(d) Falls asleep.

4. Why does Gunnar walk into the water at the beach?
(a) To kill himself.
(b) To swim for exercise.
(c) It is hot.
(d) To go surfing.

5. For what do colleges woo Gunnar?
(a) Playing basketball.
(b) Being captain of the debate team.
(c) His athletic and academic abilitites.
(d) To boost minority levels at the colleges.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major event occurred at the beginning of Chapter Seven?

2. What is Gunnar asked his comments about?

3. What does Gunnar's mother lend him following the wedding?

4. What does Gunnar do when he can't find any extracurricular activities he wants to do?

5. What does Gunnar say most people are not ready to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What subject does Nick bring up to Gunnar and what does Nick ask Gunnar?

2. What does Coach Shimimoto do and say when he keeps the team longer at practice in Chapter Seven?

3. What does Nick complain about Boston and what does he do about it?

4. What does Gunnar's father do after the riots and how does Gunnar feel about it?

5. How does the school counselor feel about Gunnar's SAT scores and what happens because of his scores?

6. What happens when Gunnar leaves his creative writing class in Chapter Ten when Gunnar is going home?

7. To what is Gunnar invited to speak and how does Gunnar feel about the introductory speaker?

8. Who comes to talk to Gunnar about his speech the next day and what do they ask him about?

9. What does Gunnar say to the reporters about suicide?

10. What does Gunnar decide is the best approach to speaking and what does he talk about?

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