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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 42, McCall works where?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Washington D.C.
(d) Maryland.

2. In 1981, McCall begins a job with what newspaper?
(a) The Washington Post.
(b) The Portsmouth Courier.
(c) The Spartan Echo.
(d) The Virginia Pilot-Ledger Star.

3. According to McCall in Chapter 25, who is diagnosed with a terminal illness and kills himself and his wife?
(a) Plaz.
(b) Scobe.
(c) Bimbo.
(d) Horace.

4. After McCall meets up with his biological father again in Chapter 30, McCall's father tells him to call when he wants to do what?
(a) Go fishing.
(b) Go see a ballgame.
(c) Meet his son.
(d) Hang out.

5. In Chapter 39, McCall describes his participation in a minorities and workplace racism fellowship which was held at which university?
(a) Florida.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Southern California.
(d) Missouri.

Short Answer Questions

1. When McCall is confronted about leaving his prison record off of his application, what does he do in Chapter 39?

2. Who is Danny Baum?

3. Who is upset about the name McCall chooses in Chapter 32 for his son?

4. McCall describes how he is so racially sensitive he can not enjoy an assignment covering what kind of contest?

5. After St. Brides, McCall notes that he understands why so many return to prison so quickly after freedom because jail provides jail, housing, and ___ for inmates.

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 35, how is McCall fitting into the mainstream?

2. What happens in Chapter 40 when McCall is challenged by another driver?

3. What does McCall say about drugs and the young black man in Chapter 40?

4. Why do Debbie and McCall work on staying married?

5. What happens when McCall deals with the question of whether to abort his own child and an assignment in Chapter 31?

6. Why does McCall enjoy the small things in Chapter 24?

7. How does McCall's relationship with his son, Monroe, compare to McCall's relationship with his biological father as described in Chapter 30?

8. How does Debbie's mom respond to the African name chosen for their first son and why does McCall insist on the African name?

9. Why is McCall now afraid of the people with whom he was once so comfortable?

10. In Part III, what relationship does McCall have with his editor?

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