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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Quinn arrives at school on Tuesday, he sees the words 'Rashad is Absent Again Today' on the concrete in what color?
(a) Blue.
(b) Orange.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Black.

2. On Wednesday, when Quinn hears people talking about the protest march, he hears someone ask if which character will be there?
(a) Spoony.
(b) The mayor.
(c) The superintendent.
(d) Rashad.

3. Coach Carney threatened to take what action against any members of the basketball team who discussed Paul's attack on Rashad?
(a) Fine them.
(b) Expel them.
(c) Remove them from the team.
(d) Bench them.

4. What object is Coach Carter swinging when he calls Quinn back into the locker room to forbid him from marching?
(a) A set of keys.
(b) A jump rope.
(c) A whistle.
(d) A stack of college brochures.

5. What is Rashad's mother's main emotion concerning the violent arrest of her son Rashad?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Numbness.
(d) Anger.

6. Which character does Quinn text immediately after he watches three different videos of Rashad's arrest?
(a) Willy.
(b) Jill.
(c) His mother.
(d) Paul.

7. The message Quinn sees written on school grounds on Tuesday had been made with what substance?
(a) Chips bags.
(b) Ribbons.
(c) Chalk.
(d) Spray paint.

8. Which character is revealed to have offered to testify on Rashad's behalf?
(a) Guzzo.
(b) Jill.
(c) Spoony.
(d) Katie.

9. Quinn remarks that his English teacher had recently assigned an excerpt of The Invisible Man by which writer?
(a) Tom Robbins.
(b) Alice Walker.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Ralph Ellison.

10. How many years before the narrative present did Paul beat up Marc in retaliation for his attack on Quinn?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

11. Quinn recalls that Paul once made a big deal about the shifting demographics of Springfield, saying that the city had been 84% white how many years before?
(a) 15.
(b) 30.
(c) 50.
(d) 60.

12. Marc lived next to which landmark in Springfield, according to Quinn?
(a) Gooch Park.
(b) Gooch Cafe.
(c) Gooch Gym.
(d) Gooch High School.

13. The person who provided comfort to Quinn after his father's death had just recently taken what action at the time?
(a) Joined the police force.
(b) Joined the military.
(c) Graduated from high school.
(d) Graduated from college.

14. Rashad's father tells him on Wednesday that he shot Darnell Shackleford it turned out that he was reaching for what item in his backpack?
(a) An inhaler.
(b) An umbrella.
(c) A phone.
(d) A knife.

15. Before Quinn admits to himself that "there is a problem" with racially motivated violence in America, he briefly decides that he should bear no responsibility for "a problem of" (139) what?
(a) Environment.
(b) Enormous scale.
(c) Law.
(d) Culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rashad's friends visit him in the hospital, who tells him that Tiffany had asked about him that day?

2. The protest march is NOT co-planned by which of the following organizations?

3. Quinn meets Jill at the tag that says 'Rashad is Absent Again Today', which is located near what feature of the school's campus?

4. In the section entitled Monday, Rashad states that he has been drawing since what age?

5. When Paul complained to Quinn about the shifting demographics of Springfield, he said that what percent of Springfield is white today?

(see the answer keys)

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