2. What is Harper's farm?
(a) The farm that Billy and his wife own.
(b) A church group that rehabilitates criminals.
(c) Where black offenders go to be put on road gangs.
(d) Where Billy hids from the law.

3. What does Red say the other workers are feeling since she started dating Billy?
(a) They resent her attitude.
(b) They envy her.
(c) They think they are out for a fall.
(d) They like her more.

4. What does Ella ask God?
(a) Why she stays with the man.
(b) Why he won't listen to her.
(c) Why he won't give Tarwell a chance.
(d) Why she married a man with such a hard head.

5. Why have people left Butler's church and gone to Rev. Tarwell's church?
(a) There are more younger people at Tarwell's church.
(b) Tarwell's church is larger and more modern.
(c) They like what they hear at Tarwell's church.
(d) Tarwell's church is air conditioned.

6. What does Tommy's father say his son's new haircut is like?
(a) Plantation Negro.
(b) Uneven and ugly.
(c) New age.
(d) One from the 1800s.

7. Why does the narrator's father refuse to write him another note?
(a) He thinks it will help him get over Gweneth.
(b) He does not want him singing.
(c) He spent a lot of money on his outfit.
(d) He is tired of the boy changing his mind.

8. What two things does Curtis suggest Willis do when he is worried about the Henry Street Guys?
(a) Ask Slick to help him and talk to R.V.
(b) Get protection and adopt a new approach.
(c) Move out of the city and take him with him.
(d) Hide out for a week and then try again.

9. What does Butler believe shaping the hair of boys does for them?
(a) Works to help him stay current.
(b) Allows for racial harmony.
(c) Helps the community stay together.
(d) Shapes their lives.

10. Who does Mrs. Boswell use as her foil when telling the boys how to find wives?
(a) Gloria.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Leon.
(d) Clarence.

11. What does R.V. remind Jones that they are?
(a) A gang.
(b) A nonprofit community-based grass-roots organization.
(c) People who insist on loyalty.
(d) A group of accountants.

12. Which of the characters is the group's warlord?
(a) Slick.
(b) Dewey.
(c) Alphaeus.
(d) Conchos.

13. What does the narrator believe Mrs. Boswell is encouraging him to challenge?
(a) His father's rigid beliefs.
(b) Leon's leadership.
(c) Stereotypes of men.
(d) Her teachings and rules.

14. Why do many of the boys get off at Gweneth's stop?
(a) To fight over who gets to walk her home.
(b) To be sure not to miss anything.
(c) To hear her say "bye y'all."
(d) To watch her walk away.

15. How do Billy's enemies feel?
(a) Excited.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Saddened.