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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 Jamal love to do in his spare time?
(a) Draw.
(b) Read.
(c) Sing.
(d) Write.

2. Where is Jamal's brother at the beginning of the book?
(a) Prison.
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) College.

3. What does Jamal want for Christmas?
(a) Real paints.
(b) Art lessons.
(c) Some new books.
(d) A library pass.

4. What does Jamal say he will use if he does join the gang?
(a) Randy's jacket.
(b) A gun.
(c) A knife.
(d) Randy's mask.

5. Who does the principal blame for the amount of times Jamal gets sent to the principal?
(a) Jamal's mother.
(b) Jamal's father.
(c) Unsympathetic teachers.
(d) Randy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jamal's favorite meal?

2. Who does Randy want Jamal to visit?

3. How long does Randy have to wait for probation?

4. What does everyone say about Mack?

5. What subject in school is the hardest for Jamal?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jamal feel when he gets home after his meeting with the Scorpions?

2. How does Jamal feel about his father, and why?

3. How does Jamal feel when he has the gun?

4. Where does Jamal sleep now that Randy is in prison?

5. What are the Scorpion headquarters like?

6. What is Tito worried about when he sees that Jamal brought the gun to school, and how does Jamal calm him down?

7. Why do Tito and Jamal choose to join the gang?

8. What does the Principal threaten to do to Jamal if his behavior does not improve?

9. What is Jamal asked to do when he helps paint the sets, and how does he feel about this?

10. How does Mama hurt herself?

(see the answer keys)

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