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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part I of the book, McCall recalls a moment when this person grabbed one of his brothers and told them to "stop acting like a nigger." Who is this person?
(a) A school teacher.
(b) McCall's stepfather.
(c) McCall's oldest brother.
(d) McCall's mother.

2. 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?
(a) Prairie Dog.
(b) Bimbo.
(c) Horace.
(d) Bryan Keith.

3. What is the name of the girl crowned homecoming queen in Chapter 13?
(a) Elisabeth.
(b) Denise.
(c) Valerie.
(d) Debbie.

4. Who, according to McCall in Chapter 10, backs up his alibi when McCall needs one?
(a) His girlfriend.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His oldest brother.

5. Who does McCall shoot in the chest after he taunt's McCall's son's mother?
(a) Shelley.
(b) Bimbo.
(c) Horace.
(d) Plaz.

Short Answer Questions

1. Feeling the power of the gun after shooting at a gang chasing him, McCall goes home in Part I and almost confesses all he has done to whom?

2. According to Chapter 4, how many blocks is the walk to the black junior high school near McCall's home in the new black housing development?

3. In Part I of the book, what is the name of the girl who teaches McCall that dancing can be fun?

4. In Chapter 10, McCall talks about gifts under a Christmas tree that he ____.

5. How old was McCall's mother when she began her relationship with McCall's biological father?

(see the answer key)

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