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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Visits, p. 35-44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Homewood Avenue neighborhood?
(a) A shopping district.
(b) A subdevelopment.
(c) A slum.
(d) An industrial district.

2. What does John say Jamila remembers about Robby?
(a) That he sings show tunes.
(b) That he eats apples.
(c) That he dances.
(d) That he looks like Muhammad Ali.

3. Who calls John at the beginning of the book?
(a) His mother.
(b) Robby.
(c) His sister-in-law.
(d) Michael Dukes.

4. What Catch-22 was John caught in?
(a) He was expected to have money, but he was expected not to work.
(b) He was expected to be smart and also anti-intellectual.
(c) He was expected to be black and also to fit in seamlessly.
(d) He was expected to be a rebel and also a conformist.

5. Where did Robby's murder/robbery take place?
(a) Pittsburgh, PA.
(b) San Francisco, CA.
(c) Brooklyn, NY.
(d) Laramie, WY.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does John get at the beginning of the book?

2. Why doesn't Jamila tell her friends about Robby?

3. What does John say he argued about in college?

4. What was Robby's personality as a child?

5. What was funny about John's trip to Maine with Robby?

(see the answer key)

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