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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old is McCall's mother by the time she has birthed three sons?
2. According to McCall in Chapter 21, who has the men's hormones in turmoil and he hates them for this sexual tension?
3. In Chapter 22, McCall comes to realize that many blacks feel education has nothing to do with them so they do what?
4. Why does McCall start ignoring his friends after he is named homecoming king?
5. According to McCall in Chapter 13, who is liked by his parents for keeping him off the streets?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What happens with Plaz and how is McCall's stepfather involved?
3. In Chapter 20 and 21, how do McCall's encounters with women affect him?
4. In Part I of the book, why does McCall think a junior high school was built near the black housing development?
5. How does McCall use his new "power" of the gun when chased by group that has beaten him, and how does he feel?
6. According to McCall in Chapter 6, why does he expect that his mother should have talked to her boys about sex?
7. While driving around after graduation and not finding place to meet up with friends, what does McCall mean when he cites this driving around as an analogy of his life at this point?
8. 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?
9. In Part I, McCall describes the power he gets from having a gun. How does this affect him?
10. McCall's relationship with Elisabeth Miller keeps him off the streets but raises a different issue. Explain.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how McCall's actions/behaviors in Chapters 1 though 5 illustrate or embody his fears?
Essay Topic 2
How does Stanley's visit and the resulting scenes and events in McCall's life facilitate McCall's decision to leave behind drug use from this point forward? How does this turning point reflect other changes that occurred in McCall's life during this time as well (family, career)?
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 12 explain the messages in the movies "Superfly" and "The Mack" and how these messages affect McCall and his friends. What does McCall note about the movies that he just lets go right by him?
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