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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 Chapter 7, what is the name of the young man that fights McCall to "toughen" him up?
(a) Horace.
(b) Bimbo.
(c) Prairie Dog.
(d) Billy.

2. In Chapter 9, McCall and his friends' ongoing feud with one group is interrupted by a new threat from where?
(a) The new white junior high.
(b) Within the new housing development.
(c) Academy Park.
(d) Downtown.

3. As the new kid in the black junior high school, McCall is introduced to the term "getting clean" which means what?
(a) Letting go of false friends.
(b) Telling the truth.
(c) Dressing in the coolest fads.
(d) Taking a bath.

4. After someone McCall knows is shot by a homeowner while breaking into a home, what does McCall do?
(a) Hide.
(b) Shoot the homeowner.
(c) Run.
(d) Quit.

5. In Chapter 2, readers find that the new black housing development is separated from the poor white neighborhood by what?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Race.
(c) A swale.
(d) A highway.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, McCall likens all the fighting between groups, gangs, and others as what?

2. McCall points out that eventually the young boys will give up their fist fighting in favor of what?

3. In Chapter 11, McCall describes how he begins hustling people and then what?

4. How many days in jail does McCall get for shooting a man in the chest?

5. Whatever McCall sells from the armed robberies is because he does not want it or because what?

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