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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 Part II of the book, McCall reflects on why many return to jail withing first ___ years of release.
2. After arriving home from St. Brides, McCall makes arrangements to see whom but feels awkward around this person?
3. In Chapter 32, McCall has fathered another child; what is the name that the baby's mother has picked for this child?
4. McCall realizes that he disagrees with the practice of women holding inferior positions in the home so he eventually does what, as noted in Chapter 26?
5. The couple McCall befriends in Chapter 37 will soon be going to what country?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does McCall say about drugs and the young black man in Chapter 40?
2. Why doesn't McCall trust anyone at the Virginia Pilot-Ledger Star where he works?
3. Why do Debbie and McCall work on staying married?
4. How is McCall's life after being released from St Brides like starting life over?
5. Why do friends and family have to help McCall when he goes to visit his kids in Atlanta, in Chapter 42?
6. How does the fellowship program in Missouri help McCall deal with his racial sensitivity?
7. Why does McCall see his grandchild as a another cycle of life?
8. What does McCall fear about his kids from Debbie and what does he do about it, according to Chapter 34?
9. How does Debbie's mom respond to the African name chosen for their first son and why does McCall insist on the African name?
10. What happens with the divorce from Debbie in Chapter 41?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How are the people in McCall's life, outside of the prison, affected by his incarceration? (His son, Elisabeth, his parents, siblings, grandmother, etc.)
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the significance of McCall's approval of unusual names for black babies in relation to his need to rebel against all things mainstream.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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