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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. While looking at his scrapbook, what is Rufus thinking?
(a) He is getting a little old to be collecting sports memorabilia.
(b) It is hard to believe how much memorabilia he has.
(c) It is eerie how much he and Ernie Brown look alike.
(d) He will have to research and collect items he did not get while gone.

2. Rufus' mother says Rufus may take his sister along to the store, but his brother must stay behind to do what?
(a) Clean his room.
(b) Feed the dog and the fish.
(c) Protect her.
(d) Get ready for bed.

3. What is the final tally in the vote regarding Rufus joining the Moors?
(a) All but 4 in favor.
(b) All but 2 in favor.
(c) All but 3 in favor.
(d) All but 5 in favor.

4. Rufus realizes the Moors must agree to meet Alex Robbins at the crafts room for what reason?
(a) The Moors have to discuss the matter to see if enough of them can go.
(b) Alex Robbins can cause trouble for them with the police.
(c) The Moors has to have a majority agree before they make a move.
(d) The official leader of the Moors is still in police custody.

5. What does Leeroy do as the commotion escalates when Bantu learns Leeroy is the new president?
(a) Challenges Rufus to a knife fight.
(b) Leaves the area.
(c) Gets into a knife fight with Bantu.
(d) Backs down.

Short Answer Questions

1. Durango Street offers hope that a dangerous gang is able to become a benign social organization how?

2. Where does the knife fighting among the Moors take place?

3. Aware the Gassers will be looking for him after the broken glass event, Rufus decides he needs to find Baby Gibson for what reason?

4. What does Rufus' mother tell him took place regarding her marriage to Ernie Brown?

5. Bonham shows that an unsafe environment can lead teens into gang violence as they group together for what purpose?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it that members of the Gassers gang all have the same hair color?

2. Before leaving the crafts center, how does Rufus Henry manage to embarrass himself when Alex Robbins attempts to find out if the Moors have an interest in watching the Marauders practice?

3. At the beginning of Durango Street, what is it Rufus Henry's parole officer, Ed Travers, initially ensures?

4. What procedure do the Moors members follow in allowing Rufus Henry into their gang?

5. In the weekly conversation that social worker Mr. Rubio has with Rufus Henry where they discuss his Ernie Brown scrapbook, what news does he relay to Rufus?

6. What transpires when Bantu Motley initially leaves jail and meets up with Moors members at the Happy Spot?

7. How is it that Rufus Henry displays his practical side when initially encountering the Gassers gang?

8. How is it that Rufus Henry becomes leader of the Moors?

9. Later on the evening that Rufus Henry accepts membership into the Moors gang, why is it that Ed Travers makes a call on Rufus' behalf?

10. In the opening chapters, what type of picture does author Frank Bonham paint of Rufus Henry's new environment in the Durango Housing Project?

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