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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 Chapter 7, what is the name of the young man that fights McCall to "toughen" him up?
(a) Billy.
(b) Horace.
(c) Bimbo.
(d) Prairie Dog.

2. How old is McCall when the parents of his former girlfriend want him to testify about her assault?
(a) 16.
(b) 13.
(c) 14.
(d) 15.

3. Who does McCall shoot in the chest after he taunt's McCall's son's mother?
(a) Shelley.
(b) Plaz.
(c) Bimbo.
(d) Horace.

4. Whatever McCall sells from the armed robberies is because he does not want it or because what?
(a) He does not like it.
(b) It's to "hot" to keep.
(c) It does not fit.
(d) His parents might find it.

5. What year did McCall's mother begin her relationship with McCall's biological father?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1947.

Short Answer Questions

1. McCall is fired from what kind of job after a confrontation with a supervisor?

2. Besides McCall's brothers, stepfather and mother, who else lives with the family when they move into their new housing development home?

3. In Chapter 3, McCall talks about his family, including his two full bothers whose names are what?

4. In Chapter 11, McCall describes how he begins hustling people and then what?

5. Looking for something else after the scam in Chapter 16, McCall robs a McDonald's and is sentenced to how many years?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part I, why does McCall envy the dirty white children running around in a restaurant?

2. Why is McCall relieved when he is realizes he will have to serve at least 18 months in jail of his sentence of several years for robbing McDonald's?

3. Early in Part I of the book, McCall presents his "understanding" about white people which is what?

4. In Part I of the book, why does McCall think a junior high school was built near the black housing development?

5. In Chapter 20 and 21, how do McCall's encounters with women affect him?

6. How does McCall use his new "power" of the gun when chased by group that has beaten him, and how does he feel?

7. When the new housing development is built for blacks, what does McCall describe as the stated goal and the perceived goal for this project?

8. What does McCall realize about his life after Moses Battle teaches him how to play chess in Chapter 17?

9. When several of McCall's friends decide to drop out of school, why does McCall stay in school?

10. In Part I, McCall describes the power he gets from having a gun. How does this affect him?

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