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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapters Six through Ten.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is assaulted by several guys before she and McCall consummate the act?
(a) Liz.
(b) Debbie.
(c) Valerie.
(d) Denise.

2. In Chapter 3, the reader discovers that McCall was jealous of his grandmother's affections while she worked as what for a Jewish family?
(a) Cook.
(b) Nanny.
(c) Nurse.
(d) Maid.

3. What is the name of the boy shot in McCall's front yard?
(a) Horace.
(b) Bimbo.
(c) Dwight.
(d) Prairie Dog.

4. McCall points out that eventually the young boys will give up their fist fighting in favor of what?
(a) Families.
(b) Education.
(c) Knives.
(d) Guns.

5. According to McCall in Chapter 9, after a boy is killed, who arrives in town with plans for war?
(a) More rival gangs.
(b) The Black Panthers.
(c) The Army Reserve.
(d) The NAACP.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, according to McCall in Chapter 10, backs up his alibi when McCall needs one?

2. In Chapter 3, McCall talks about his family, including his two full bothers whose names are what?

3. What is the name of the boy in Part I of the book that McCall and others think is dead, only to find him alive and at home when they return to their neighborhood?

4. In 1964, McCall and his family move into a new housing development called what?

5. After McCall and his friends beat the young man in Chapter 1, what does McCall admit he feared for a moment?

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