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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Monday and Tuesday.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before Quinn admits to himself that "there is a problem" with racially motivated violence in America, he briefly decides that he should bear no responsibility for "a problem of" (139) what?
(a) Culture.
(b) Enormous scale.
(c) Environment.
(d) Law.

2. What is the name of the nurse who tends to Rashad throughout his stay in the hospital?
(a) Romy.
(b) Michelle.
(c) Clarissa.
(d) Sarah.

3. As the section entitled Friday comes to a close, Quinn cannot "shake that look of" what that he had seen on Paul's face outside of Jerry's?
(a) Fear.
(b) Authority.
(c) Rage.
(d) Compassion.

4. In the section entitled Monday, Rashad states that he has been drawing since what age?
(a) 5 or 6.
(b) 11 or 12.
(c) 9 or 10.
(d) 7 or 8.

5. Which character tells Rashad on Monday about Coach Carney's demand for silence on the matter of Rashad's arrest?
(a) Shannon.
(b) Carlos.
(c) Spoony.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Rashad and Clarissa watch television together on Tuesday in Rashad's hospital room, Clarissa calls which character a bastard?

2. What is NOT a crime with which Rashad is charged?

3. In which year of high school is Rashad at the time when the narrative takes place?

4. In which grade is Quinn's younger brother at the time of the narrative?

5. Quinn's father died when he was how many years old?

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