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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. Why is Kody at an Islam service while serving time in the Youth Facility?
(a) The leader asks him to attend.
(b) He is interested in the religion.
(c) He brother is there and he wants to see him.
(d) He is planning a revenge attack with his gang.

2. What year does Kody get rearrested for in the last chapter?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1990.

3. How does Kody feel about this cease fire that occurs in the "Epilogue?"
(a) He has mixed feelings.
(b) He does not care about it.
(c) He is happy.
(d) He is upset.

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

5. What California prison is Kody transferred to in the chapter "Reconnected?"
(a) Wasco.
(b) San Quentin.
(c) Kern Valley.
(d) Folsom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Kody get in the chapter "Nation Time?"

2. Why does Kody respect Muhammad?

3. Who does Kody's mom want him to see upon his release from the Youth Facility in the chapter, "Tamu?"

4. In the chapter "Nation Time," what group does Kody begin to distance himself from?

5. In the chapter, "Tamu," what do the police find when they search Kody's home after he spends the day with Muhammad?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Suma influence Kody?

2. What doubts does Kody have about the Consolidated Crips Organization?

3. What changes does Kody go through he is transferred to San Quentin State Prison?

4. At the end of book, why does Kody return to jail?

5. How does Killer influence the Crips organization?

6. After Kody joins the New African Independence Movement, how does he feel about gangs?

7. Kody goes to visit Crazy De in jail and determines that have a different outlook on gangs. How are their viewpoints different?

8. Describe how loyalty is a major idea in the chapter, "Tamu."

9. How does Muhammad continue to influence Kody once he leaves the youth facility?

10. How does Malcolm X influence Kody?

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