The Other Wes Moore Part Eight

How did Mary find out her sons were wanted for an armed robbery and murder?

• Tony told her

• She read it in the newspaper

• The police showed up at the door looking for the other Wes and Tony

• She saw a report on television

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Who was the murder victim?

• An off-duty police officer working as a security guard

• An off-duty police officer who was a customer at the jewelry store

• The jewelry store manager

• A young mother who was in the parking lot

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Where were the other Wes and Tony hiding?

• At an aunt’s house in Baltimore

• At their mother’s house

• At their accomplices’ house

• At an uncle’s house in Philadelphia

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What does the other Wes maintain about his part in the crime?

• He was the driver and didn’t know what the others had done

• He was acting on Tony’s orders

• He tried to defend the victim

• He wasn’t even there

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What sentence did the other Wes get for his part in the crime?

• The death penalty

• 25 years with the possibility of parole

• He was acquitted

• Life without the possibility of parole

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Who encouraged the author to apply for the Rhodes scholarship?

• His mother

• His superiors in the military

• The mayor of Baltimore

• A counselor at Johns Hopkins University

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What was the author doing in South Africa?

• Studying for a semester at the University of Cape Town

• Participating in a humanitarian mission

• Searching for his ancestors

• Serving a mission for his church

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Where did the author stay during his time in South Africa?

• At the church

• In the university dorm

• With a local family

• With his relatives

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What did the author find out was part of the Xhosa ceremony where boys become

men?

• They get a tattoo on their forehead

• They paint their bodies with a ceremonial pattern

• They sacrifice a goat and drink the blood

• They are circumcised

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What does the author say is the difference in how young men grew up in his community and in the community he saw in South Africa?

• The difference in opportunity

• The difference in how the community saw them

• The difference in how they were raised by their parents

• The difference in wealth and comfort

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