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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Kody avoid stabbing after he has joined the C.C.O?
(a) A guard.
(b) A rival gang member.
(c) Someone who betrayed him.
(d) Crazy De.

2. In the chapter, "Nation Time," what does the police officer demand Kody tell him?
(a) He wants his Social Security Number.
(b) He wants Kody to be a police informant.
(c) He wants to know where the Rollin' Sixties are.
(d) He wants his real name.

3. How do Joker and Macc try to end their feud?
(a) They have a fistfight, which Joker wins.
(b) Kody steps in and beats up Macc.
(c) They do not end it.
(d) They have a shoot out.

4. What happens to Kody after he is arrested his involvement in attacking a drug dealer in the last chapter?
(a) He runs away.
(b) He goes to jail.
(c) He is given parole.
(d) He is not charged so he stays home.

5. What word does Kody struggle to understand from a Malcolm X quote?
(a) Death.
(b) Alone.
(c) Racist.
(d) Oppressors.

6. Who does Kody's cell mate attack in the chapter "48 Hours?"
(a) Kody.
(b) Fat Rat.
(c) B.T.
(d) A guard.

7. In the chapter "Nation Time," what group does Kody begin to distance himself from?
(a) Crips.
(b) His family.
(c) Islam.
(d) Tamu and his children.

8. In the chapter, "Nation Time," who does Kody live with on the weekends?
(a) Tamu.
(b) His brother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His friend.

9. What group does Kody compare the C.C.O to?
(a) The Black Panters.
(b) The military.
(c) The Bloods.
(d) The orginal Crips.

10. Why is Kody's cell block called 48 Hours?
(a) It is cell block 4800.
(b) The guards change their shift every 48 hours.
(c) If you live the first 48 hours, you have a good chance of long term survival.
(d) It is Kody's lucky number.

11. Who does Kody visit in jail at the end of "Nation Time"?
(a) Muhammad.
(b) A former rival gang member.
(c) Crazy De.
(d) His brother.

12. Why does Kody respect Muhammad?
(a) He knows he is a former gang member.
(b) He is afraid of him.
(c) He helps get Kody out of trouble.
(d) He is interested in learning more about Islam.

13. What is the name of an alternative group that grows out of the C.C.O?
(a) Mexican Mafia.
(b) Latin Kings.
(c) Westside Crips.
(d) B.N.C.O.-Blue Note Crip Organization.

14. What does Muhammad say to Kody brother about their gang killings?
(a) He tells him that by killing black people, they are promoting their own race's self destruction.
(b) He asks him what the gang does for Kody.
(c) He says that he is justified in their gang actions
(d) He tells him to leave the service

15. Who is Fred Hampton?
(a) Leader of the Back Panthers.
(b) Muhammad's friend.
(c) An old guard at the youth facility.
(d) Muhammad's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ethnic group is winning the war in Folsom prison?

2. In the final chapter, what does Kody say is the only thing the gangs leave?

3. Why does Rattone criticize Kody?

4. Who is the first person Kody meets when he arrives in prison at the start of "Reconnected?"

5. According to Kody's last chapter, how are the Crips still struggling?

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