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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twelve and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what is Eileen known in school?
(a) Wearing funny clothes.
(b) Being a brain.
(c) Getting Gunnar in trouble.
(d) Being the fastest girl runner.

2. What is Gunnar's mother tired of seeing her children do all the time?
(a) Fight with each other.
(b) Stay in the house.
(c) Get into trouble.
(d) Make fun of the neighbors.

3. What does Gunnar challenge the United States government to do?
(a) Raze Hillside and rebuild it.
(b) Stop the discrimination against the blacks.
(c) Drop a nuclear bomb on Hillside.
(d) Take over the Los Angeles police department.

4. What does Franz do for the rest of his life?
(a) Try to find Compton.
(b) Goes to the train station every evening.
(c) Polish Compton's shoes every night.
(d) Look for a new job.

5. What are Gunnar and his sisters told when others arrive at the park?
(a) They are in a gang's turf.
(b) They have to pay a dime each to use the park.
(c) They can use the swings only on the west side of the park.
(d) They are not allowed to use the swings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gunnar ask his mother to get him?

2. What does Gunanr's father do when he sees Gunnar at Montgomery Ward?

3. How does Yoshiko deal with the wedding crashers?

4. In what department does Gunnar hang at the store?

5. What does Nick ask Gunnar when he brings up suicide?

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