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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. Bonham shows that an unsafe environment can lead teens into gang violence as they group together for what purpose?
(a) Feeling "cool".
(b) Camaraderie.
(c) Protection.
(d) Friendship.

2. Who tells Bantu the Moors have a new president?
(a) Baby Gibson.
(b) Rufus.
(c) Leeroy.
(d) Idell.

3. The carload of Gassers youths all have red hair as a result of what?
(a) Straightening it with lye and gasoline.
(b) Straightening it with lye.
(c) All being brothers or first cousins.
(d) Straightening it with gasoline.

4. At his new job repairing tires, Rufus does not like it when the boss, Mr. Wells, does what?
(a) Uses the terms "jailbird" and "riffraff" to refer to him.
(b) Uses the terms "boy" and "jailbird" to refer to him.
(c) Uses the terms "lowlife" and "scum" to refer to him.
(d) Uses the terms "scum" and "jailbird" to refer to him.

5. Alex Robbins learns at the station that the members of the Moors range from age 15 to how old?
(a) 20.
(b) 19.
(c) 21.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the final tally in the vote regarding Rufus joining the Moors?

2. Where is the new home Rufus' parole officer takes him to?

3. What does Leeroy do as the commotion escalates when Bantu learns Leeroy is the new president?

4. Before getting off the bus from Pine Valley, where is it Rufus imagines running away to?

5. While looking at his scrapbook, what is Rufus thinking?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rufus Henry do when Alex Robbins finds the Moors boys for the first time?

2. In the meeting following his fight with Bantu Motley, what does Rufus Henry suggest regarding how the Moors should deal with the Gassers?

3. Once safe at home following his confrontation with the Gassers in the alley, what is his mother's response when Rufus Henry asks her about her first marriage?

4. 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?

5. While still at the crafts center, what is Rufus Henry's response when Alex Robbins suggests the Moors elect a president for their social club?

6. When Rufus Henry offers to purchase groceries using the money he has been given upon leaving Pine Valley, what is his mother's response?

7. How does the knife fight between Bantu Motley and Rufus Henry proceed?

8. How does Rufus Henry remain safe when the members of the Gassers gang surround him in the alley?

9. Why is Rufus Henry nervous about going to the Durango Housing Project?

10. 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?

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