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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 9, McCall is arrested for possession of what?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Sawed-off shot gun.
(d) Marijuana.

2. After losing his job, McCall is soon looking for opportunities to do what?
(a) Date.
(b) Steal.
(c) Work.
(d) Help at home.

3. In Chapter 5, McCall is sent into the juvenile court system after he is caught doing what with his friends?
(a) Skipping school.
(b) Pickpocketing.
(c) Shoplifting.
(d) Vandalizing school property.

4. In Chapter 23, McCall is considering a career in either journalism or what?
(a) Literature.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Languages.

5. McCall points out that eventually the young boys will give up their fist fighting in favor of what?
(a) Knives.
(b) Guns.
(c) Education.
(d) Families.

Short Answer Questions

1. In talking about the black hero in Chapter 12, McCall comments that even his stepfather owns what?

2. When the family arrives at their new home in 1964, McCall's stepfather works full-time and does lawn work part-time to support the family, after retiring from where?

3. After McCall and his friends beat the young man in Chapter 1, what does McCall admit he feared for a moment?

4. In Chapter 10, McCall talks about gifts under a Christmas tree that he ____.

5. After someone McCall knows is shot by a homeowner while breaking into a home, what does McCall do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. From Chapter 23, how does McCall's behavior indicate his new found realization that he needs to take actions for the long term?

3. McCall describes his experience with a "train" being run on someone he cares about. How does McCall feel about this and what leads up to this event?

4. Why does McCall feel he should have acted differently when he refuses work while on a prison type plantation in Chapter 19?

5. How does McCall respond after going to a party in a hostile neighborhood unarmed with his friends and losing one of their own after fleeing shots from rival group?

6. Why does McCall dislike his stepfather's behavior with white people?

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

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

9. How does McCall's advancing knowledge from Jim in Chapter 22 affect McCall's perception of blacks and education?

10. McCall's relationship with Elisabeth Miller keeps him off the streets but raises a different issue. Explain.

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