View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - 9 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Helene give Marie when she is a teenager?
(a) She has enlisted.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is married.
(d) She has gotten a dog.

2. Who does the narrator meet for lunch in Chinatown?
(a) Helene.
(b) Pop.
(c) Mr. Ali.
(d) Agathe.

3. Why do the cops show up in Chapter 1?
(a) They heard gunshost from the precinct.
(b) They did not show up.
(c) The narrator called them.
(d) The neighbor called them.

4. What nationally televised event does Mr. Ali appear on?
(a) Saturday Night Live.
(b) NBC News.
(c) Malcom X's funeral service.
(d) The Olympics.

5. Who is crying in the first chapter?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The narrator's children.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) A dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the profession of the narrator's father?

2. Who is Mr. Ali?

3. Who is good at shooting a gun as a child?

4. Who teaches Marie to box?

5. What is on the narrator's clothes in the first chapter?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 180 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample