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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. Which character tells Rashad on Monday about Coach Carney's demand for silence on the matter of Rashad's arrest?
(a) Shannon.
(b) English.
(c) Carlos.
(d) Spoony.

2. When Rashad ventures out of his hospital room, he takes the elevator and then visits what part of the hospital?
(a) The gift shop.
(b) The arcade.
(c) The vending machine area.
(d) The cafeteria.

3. What two words does Quinn write on the front of a white tee shirt with a permanent marker?
(a) Take Action.
(b) Blue Lives.
(c) I'm Marching.
(d) Black Lives.

4. Which comic strip did Rashad cut out and collect for a number of years?
(a) Beetle Bailey.
(b) Archie.
(c) Family Circus.
(d) Hagar the Horrible.

5. When Paul complained to Quinn about the shifting demographics of Springfield, he said that what percent of Springfield is white today?
(a) 45.
(b) 64.
(c) 37.
(d) 53.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. By the time Quinn goes out to lunch with Jill on Monday, he has been avoiding which character all day?

3. After Quinn's lunch with Jill, he wonders whether or not taking which action in relation to racial inequality "just make[s] it worse for all of us" (136)?

4. Who explains to Rashad that the protest march will turn into a die-in?

5. Quinn wakes up how long before his alarm goes off on Thursday?

Short Essay Questions

1. Provide one reason why Jill is so shocked to see such an aggressive police response to the planned protest march.

2. Who was Darnell Shackleford?

3. What item does Rashad give to his mother just before he drifts off to sleep in his hospital bed on Thursday and what is its significance?

4. What is the source of the gratitude Quinn feels toward Paul in relation to past events?

5. What reason does Rashad's father finally express for his early-morning visit to see Rashad in the hospital?

6. What idea do Quinn and English devise together in honor of Rashad?

7. What catalyst causes Quinn to realize that he is being self-centered in the section entitled Monday?

8. How do Rashad's mother and lawyer react when he gives a particular item to his mother before drifting off to sleep on Thursday?

9. What items did Rashad collect for years, amassing the items in a shoebox beneath his bed?

10. With what type of medium does Rashad's part of the section entitled Tuesday begin?

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