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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. In Chapter 3, the reader discovers that McCall was jealous of his grandmother's affections while she worked as what for a Jewish family?
2. In Part I of the book, McCall recalls a moment when this person grabbed one of his brothers and told them to "stop acting like a nigger." Who is this person?
3. In Chapter 2, readers find that the new black housing development is separated from the poor white neighborhood by what?
4. When McCall writes to the college in Chapter 23, he explains his situation and asks for what?
5. How old is McCall's mother by the time she has birthed three sons?
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. What does McCall realize about his life after Moses Battle teaches him how to play chess in Chapter 17?
3. 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?
4. According to McCall in Chapter 6, why does he expect that his mother should have talked to her boys about sex?
5. How does McCall relate what happens with the manual prison labor in Chapter 19 with his stepfather's teachings?
6. In Chapter 11, McCall is hustling people and breaking into homes; why does he stop?
7. What scam do Elisabeth and McCall run in Chapter 15?
8. 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?
9. In the opening chapter when McCall, along with others, is beating the young white boy, what is going on in McCall's head?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 34, McCall talks about the pressure not to marry Debbie and his idea that the marriage will legitimize things. Explain circumstances. Discuss how the the pressure to not marry and McCall's perception of "legitimization" compare to McCall's decisions in earlier years on the streets and in the prison.
Essay Topic 3
McCall runs away from home and returns in Part I of the book. Why does McCall run away, why does he return, and why does McCall refer to the whipping he gets from his stepfather upon his return home saving "face?"
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