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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. What does Kody's mother realize about her son after the shooting at the store?
(a) She is thankful her son has a gun so he can protect her.
(b) She despises Kody.
(c) Kody is more involved in the gang than she previously thought.
(d) Gang war is raging in her neighborhood.

2. What is Kody doing while Tamu is giving birth to their daughter?
(a) He is with gang friends at a party.
(b) He drives into gang territory looking for trouble.
(c) He is in jail.
(d) He is on a date with another girlfriend.

3. Who does Kody's nurse tell him to call?
(a) She tells him to call his mother.
(b) She tells him to call his gang crew for protection.
(c) She tells him to call a lawyer.
(d) She tells him to call his brother.

4. Which girl is NOT in the car with Kody when he drives to the store he wants to rob?
(a) Kim.
(b) Maria.
(c) Yolanda.
(d) Pam.

5. Who shows up at the hospital after Kody calls for protection?
(a) His mother.
(b) Crazy De.
(c) The nurse's son.
(d) His brother, Li'l Monster.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Kody able to escape this shooting unharmed when he is walking home from a friend's house?

2. How does Kody react to his mother visiting him in jail?

3. On the night that Kody and his crew are searching for a car to steal, who do they come across?

4. What does Twinky's mother ask Kody to do about April?

5. What does Twinky's mother ask Kody to do after her son is killed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What actions from this chapter illustrate Kody's violence?

3. Why might Kody feel guilty the night that he and Joe Joe check out Western Surplus?

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

5. Why do Kody and Crazy De create a plan to section off the gang?

6. Describe Kody's initiation into the gang.

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

8. How does Kody's mother show concern for him when he is released the hospital?

9. Name a quality that best describes Kody in the first chapter and use text evidence to explain your opinion.

10. Why is it foolish for Kody to be alone at night, unarmed?

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