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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 when the parents of his former girlfriend want him to testify about her assault?
2. In Chapter 14 McCall makes the college honor roll with what grade point average?
3. McCall briefly turns to selling drugs but stops, admitting in Chapter 15 that besides the pitfalls McCall can't track what well enough to make money?
4. The wealthier side of the new black housing development is separated from a poorer white neighborhood which is called what?
5. In Chapter 12, McCall looks at what movie/show and how it affects young black men?
Short Essay Questions
1. Early in Part I of the book, McCall presents his "understanding" about white people which is what?
2. In Chapter 20 and 21, how do McCall's encounters with women affect him?
3. In Chapter 5, how is McCall affected after being caught shoplifting?
4. How does McCall's advancing knowledge from Jim in Chapter 22 affect McCall's perception of blacks and education?
5. Why does McCall feel he should have acted differently when he refuses work while on a prison type plantation in Chapter 19?
6. In Part I, why does McCall envy the dirty white children running around in a restaurant?
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. In Part I of the book, why does McCall think a junior high school was built near the black housing development?
9. Why does McCall dislike his stepfather's behavior with white people?
10. In Chapter 11, McCall is hustling people and breaking into homes; why does he stop?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
In Chapters 35 through 39, McCall encounters trendy blacks, advice from Milton Campbell, reaction of fellow journalists in Missouri and Danny his co-worker. How does each of these situations affect McCall's perceptions about race? What challenges him? What changes him? Why?
Essay Topic 3
How are the people in McCall's life, outside of the prison, affected by his incarceration? (His son, Elisabeth, his parents, siblings, grandmother, etc.)
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