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Black and White
Spring Final Exam
Directions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
1. Where do Eddie and Marcus go to school?
A) Long Island City High School
B) New York High School
C) Shore Island High School
D) New Jersey High School
2. Who fired the gun?
A) Marcus
B) Eddie
C) No one. It accidently went off when Eddie dropped it on the floor.
3. What do you notice about the narrators between chapters?
A) The narrators change.
B) The narrators change emotions
C) Nothing changes about the narrators.
4. Who does Marcus like?
A) Rose
B) Rebecca
C) Sabrina
D) Eddie’s mom
5. The person that was shot was a:
A) taxi driver
B) store clerk
C) bus driver
D) teacher
6. What can you say about the diversity of the team that Marcus and Eddie play on?
A) The team is diverse, with a mix of different races.
B) The team is not very diverse. Most of the players are white.
C) The team is not very diverse. Most of the players are black.
7. What does Eddie do after the game?
A) He got into the car with Casey and went straight to the police station to see
Marcus.
B) He ran home to find the gun and get rid of it.
C) He walked up to the scout from St. John’s University and told him he wanted to
play for his school.
D) He went the locker room and burst into tears.
E) Both B AND C.
8. What does Eddie’s mom assume is the reason why Marcus committed a crime?
A) She knew that his dad had gone to jail for the same crime, so it was bound to
happen.
B) His was influenced by all the criminal activity in his neighborhood.
C) He got the idea to rob from the video games he plays.
9. What race was the majority of the prisoners at Riker’s Island?
A) A majority of the prisoners were black.
B) They were an even mix of blacks, Hispanics, and white.
C) Most of the prisoners were Hispanic, with a few whites and blacks.
D) A majority of the prisoners were black, with a few Hispanics
E) All white prisoners
10. Read the following excerpt:
“”Its where he was brought up,” he said. Its either rob or be robbed. But
everybody hear goes around saying he’s part of this family. Now the police are at
our door.” (Eddie’s dad)
Based on Eddie’s father’s coment below, how does he feel about Marcus?
a) He thinks that Marcus was bound to become a criminal because of the area in
which he lives.
b) He blames Marcus for the trouble his family is now facing.
c) He doesn’t care for the fact that the rest of the family think of Marcus as part of
the family.
d) All of the above.
11. Why did Officer Jefferson and Officer Connelly get in a fight at the Senior Night Game?
A) Connelly made an offensive joke about Marcus and his mother.
B) Connelly tried to block Marcus and his family rom walking and Jefferson pushed
him out of the way.
C) Jefferson called Connelly a racist pig.
D) Jefferson dragged Connelly back from brutally beating a students and Connelly
was angered by his interference.
12. What is Eddie’s lawyer’s name?
A) Mr. Globe
B) Mrs. Golub
C) Ms. Gallop
D) Mr. Glow
13. Who received a scholarship offer?
A) Marcus
B) Eddie
C) Moses
14. What is St. John’s?
A) A university
B) AAU basketball team
C) NBA basketball team
D) A pizza delivery company
Directions: Read the following statements and decide if it TRUE (A) or FALSE (B).
15. Eddie spent some time on Ryker’s Island.
16. A hate crime is a criminal action against an individual or a group which is motivated by
hatred of race, religion, sexual orientation, handicap, ethnicity, or national origin.
17. The kids called the crazy on the subway train “Dirty Darrel” because had a large brown
stain on the back of his pants and he smelled horrible.
18. When Rose visited Marcus in prison, she brought him a letter from Eddie.
19. Eddie is a better friend than Marcus.
20. The bus driver identified Marcus as one of the people that robbed him.
Directions: Match the character with the correct description.
CHARACTER LIST
21. She worked at her son’s school.
22. He interrogated Eddie at his house.
A. Mrs. Russo
23. She has feelings for Marcus.
B. Ms. Brown
24. He works with Officer Jefferson.
C. Rose
25. She was upset that her son would not snitch on his friend.
D. Detective O’Grady
E. Connelly