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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. In "Riot," for how many days do Claude and his family not leave the house?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 2 days.

2. In "Riot," what do the Redbleters drive when they pull up at the beginning of the chapter?
(a) Black trucks.
(b) White SUVs.
(c) Black SUVs.
(d) White trucks.

3. Where does Janice say that her parents died?
(a) Vacation.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Road trip.

4. Where did the Billings move after their twins graduated from private schools?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Kentucky.

5. Where is the park where Claude starts running away to?
(a) 48th Street.
(b) 74th Street.
(c) 67th Street.
(d) 59th Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Janice wearing when Claude first meets her?

2. What month is it in "Janice and the Redbelters"?

3. What are the names of the teens gunned down by the police in "Riot"?

4. When did Paul, Grandma, and Claude's mother move to Chicago?

5. In "Riot," how does a blinded and coughing woman break a cop's leg?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Janice change in "Chester Dexter and Renaissance"?

2. How did Paul and Grandma meet?

3. In "Euclid Avenue," what does Claude remember about the man who fought with his dad?

4. What happened after the fight that Claude's parents had in "Sixty-Third Street Beach"?

5. What are the circumstances behind a boy getting killed in "Janice and the Redbelters"?

6. What problems is Claude having in "Cookout"?

7. In "Riot," what does Claude remember about a patrolman he sees standing in combat gear?

8. What are the sleeping arrangements when Annette and Janice move in with Claude's family?

9. Why does Claude say that Chill's Smokehouse was a front?

10. What happens when four teenagers run down Sixty-Seventh Street and confront the cops in "Riot"?

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