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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Crazy De?
(a) Kody's cousin.
(b) His brother's friend.
(c) A rival gang member.
(d) Kody's new road dog.

2. What is a road dog?
(a) Enemy from jail.
(b) A best friend.
(c) A former gang member.
(d) Friend outside of the gang.

3. In "The Juvenile Tank," where is Kody shot after a struggle over a gun ensues?
(a) Chest.
(b) Arm.
(c) Leg.
(d) Back.

4. How does Kody meet Tamu?
(a) They meet at a gang initiation party.
(b) He meets Tamu through his brother and sister.
(c) He meets her at school.
(d) They meet at church.

5. In "Can't Stop, Won't Stop," who is watching Kody as he attempts to kill a rival gang member?
(a) The only other person there was Kody's brother.
(b) His mother and sister.
(c) Only his mother.
(d) His mother and cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kody do after he climbs out his window of his mother's house?

2. Why does Kody want to fight these men outside the store he wants to rob?

3. Where is Kody's mother during the shooting at the store?

4. Who is Kody eating breakfast with as rival gang members drive by his home?

5. In "Can't Stop, Won't Stop," Kody is transferred to another jail. Who gives up leadership of the Crips after Kody defeats him in a fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the fight scene between Kody, Li'l Hunchy and the men outside of the Western Surplus store.

2. Kody enters the Crips after his 6th grade graduation. How does Kody prove that he is ready for the gang life?

3. Describe Kody's relationship with his hospital nurse.

4. Describe what happens when Kody and his crew try to steal a van.

5. According to Kody, what effect does the media have on gang activities?

6. How does Kody treat his new school opportunity after he is transferred to a "white" school?

7. How is revenge illustrated in the chapter, "Boys to Men?"

8. Describe Kody's relationship with his mother in the chapter "Boys to Men."

9. Describe the circumstances that result in Kody's acquittal after he is arrested for murder in the summer of 1981.

10. Why is China upset with Kody?

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