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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ben spend dinner after the basketball game?
(a) At a friend's house.
(b) In his room.
(c) With his family.
(d) At Toomer's.

2. What does Lillian suggest Bull do when he meets with Varney?
(a) Treat him like a brother.
(b) Treat him the respect his rank demands.
(c) Treat him the same as he did in boot camp.
(d) Treat him with the distain he deserves.

3. Where have the Meecham children been living for the past year?
(a) With their grandmother in Atlanta.
(b) With their cousins in New York.
(c) With their mother in Ravenel.
(d) With their aunt in Mississippi.

4. Who ambushes Ben after school?
(a) The young Jewish boy and his friends.
(b) Toomer and his friends.
(c) Red Pettus and his brothers.
(d) Bull.

5. What does Lillian give Ben on his birthday?
(a) A new basketball.
(b) A new car.
(c) A letter outlining all his best qualities.
(d) A handmade scarf and mitten set.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bull have breakfast every morning?

2. Why does the grandmother and the mother both beg the children to behave?

3. Who is Colonel Hedgepath?

4. Where is the family moving to?

5. Why does Bull attack a young corporal in the bathroom?

(see the answer key)

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