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

2. During one of the clashes in Chapter 9, the police arrive and a boy by what name is killed?
(a) Dwight.
(b) Bimbo.
(c) Prairie Dog.
(d) Billy.

3. McCall is fired from what kind of job after a confrontation with a supervisor?
(a) Lawn Service.
(b) Construction.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) Mechanic.

4. 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) Maid.
(c) Nurse.
(d) Nanny.

5. What is the name of the school McCall's parents move him back to after he did not fit in at the white junior high school?
(a) G.T. McClean.
(b) J.L. Phillips.
(c) Tidewater.
(d) W.E. Waters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides McCall's brothers, stepfather and mother, who else lives with the family when they move into their new housing development home?

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

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

4. How many bedrooms does the new housing development home have?

5. In Chapter 8, McCall is severely beaten by whom?

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