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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Willie doing as he waits for Hawk and Kato to arrive?
(a) He is trying to finish his math homework.
(b) He is painting over the latest bit of graffiti.
(c) He is trying to write a letter home to his mom and dad.
(d) He is reading a novel that Lisa recommended.

2. What does Willie like about Kato?
(a) His sense of humor reminds Willie of Johnny Rivers.
(b) Kato defends him against the kids' teasing.
(c) He seems genuinely interested in Willie as a person.
(d) Kato is serious about school and improving his life.

3. How does Willie feel about the game of two-on-two that he plays with Kato and Hawk?
(a) He is thrilled to be playing a game that he thought he would never play again.
(b) He is nervous and feels uptight and awkward.
(c) He is self-conscious and cannot wait for the game to be over.
(d) He is excited about getting the opportunity to finally show off his abilities.

4. Why does Sammy not put Willie into a Tai Chi class?
(a) He is afraid that Willie would be embarrassed in front of others.
(b) He does not want to be limited in the disciplines that they use.
(c) He does not think that Tai Chi will help Wille.
(d) The classes cost money, and he is helping Willie as a favor.

5. Why does Lacey agree to let Willie stay?
(a) Willie reminds Lacey of himself at that age.
(b) Lacey is tired of arguing with Willie and just gives in.
(c) He thinks that Willie might be able to bring in some extra money.
(d) Lacey will not tell him and orders him not to ask about it.

6. Why does Willie refuse to leave Lacey's house even after Andre offers to let him sleep at the school?
(a) He feels that Lacey likes him and that leaving would be a betrayal.
(b) He does not like the idea of sleeping at school.
(c) He feels like he needs to protect Lacey from himself.
(d) He wants to learn Lacey's business so that he can help him later on.

7. Why does Kam say that the Jo Boys should leave Willie's cane behind after they beat him up?
(a) It is too big and bulky to carry around.
(b) Baseball is a sissy game.
(c) Willie will probably need to walk.
(d) He does not want to have any evidence to link them to this crime.

8. What inspires Lacey to reveal the secret about his son to Willie?
(a) He comes home drunk and sees that his ex-wife has called again.
(b) He comes home to find Willie in tears and wants to comfort him.
(c) Willie threatens to leave, so Lacey tries to explain why he wants Willie to stay.
(d) Willie finally asks Lacey about his ex-wife's angry phone calls.

9. According to Willie, how has his loss affected his perspective on life?
(a) He realizes that the only person's happiness that matters is his own.
(b) His life is more valuable to him now because he of everything he has lost.
(c) He realizes that if he works hard enough, he can be the same Willie that he was before.
(d) He realizes that he should not have been so hard on his parents.

10. Why does Willie wait in the bathroom for a while after his shower?
(a) He is afraid that Lacey is angry and might hurt him.
(b) He is trying to remember where he is.
(c) He is waiting for Lacey to leave for work.
(d) He has not decided where he is going and is not yet ready to face Lacey.

11. According to Angel, how do girls learn to be prostitutes?
(a) They grow up without anyone to care about them.
(b) They feel like they have no other skills.
(c) They become prostitutes when they realize they have no other options.
(d) They grow up thinking that sex is the only way they can get anything.

12. When Lisa asks Willie to find his center, where is it?
(a) Just left and below his navel.
(b) He is unable to find it.
(c) To the right and far above his navel.
(d) Just above his navel.

13. What offer does Lacey give to Willie that, according to Lacey, is "the best offer in town"?
(a) He offers to send him to school in Oakland.
(b) He offers to get him a job at the bus terminal.
(c) He offers him a job working for him.
(d) He offers him money to buy a bus ticket back to Montana.

14. What does Willie find inside the school that terrifies him?
(a) A note that threatens to destroy the school builing.
(b) A homemade bomb.
(c) Graffiti spray painted on the walls by the same gang that beat him up the year before.
(d) Broken windows and overturned garbage cans.

15. What does the note to Andre from Jack's mother say?
(a) A box of Bisquick is missing from their kitchen, presumably taken by Jack.
(b) Jack has been feeling under the weather and may need to go home.
(c) Jack's mother wants to meet with Andre about Jack's progress.
(d) Jack is still upset by the comment Joel made about his nose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What finally ends the game between Willie and Jack?

2. Why does Lacey call Willie by the name "Chief"?

3. Who helps Willie after he is attacked?

4. For what does Lisa use the one hundred and forty dollars that Willie gets from Lacey?

5. How will Willie be paying for his tuition to OMLC High School?

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