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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. What year did McCall's mother begin her relationship with McCall's biological father?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1969.

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

3. 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.

4. 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) Bimbo.
(b) Prairie Dog.
(c) Horace.
(d) Bryan Keith.

5. The wealthier side of the new black housing development is separated from a poorer white neighborhood which is called what?
(a) Cavalier Park.
(b) Academy Manor.
(c) Academy Park.
(d) Cavalier Manor.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter ,1 McCall and his friends are what age when they attack another young boy?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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