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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the girl who takes their picture say?
(a) She'll post it to the web if she is not allowed to solve the first clue.
(b) She wants to join their club.
(c) She wants a dollar for helping them.
(d) She is going to send the picture to their parents.

2. Who is Fred Benson?
(a) A police officer.
(b) Marcus Yallow's best friend.
(c) Marcus Yallow's uncle.
(d) A vice-principal of Cesar Chavez High.

3. What do the friends decide to do because of the situation at the BART station?
(a) They decide to go into the train tunnel.
(b) They decide to jump across the tracks.
(c) They decide to work their way to the streets above.
(d) They decide to try to go home.

4. What does Marcus try to explain?
(a) That his father is a cop.
(b) That they are just students skipping school.
(c) That his mother is the chief of police.
(d) That they are sorry for skipping school.

5. Who does the woman with the severe haircut tell Marcus his captors are?
(a) Homeland Security.
(b) CIA.
(c) FBI.
(d) CID.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disrupts the confrontation with the girl who took the picture?

2. What does Marcus do to distract Charles?

3. Where are Marcus and his friends going when the skip school?

4. What does Marcus believe at first when they are sprinted away?

5. What does Vanessa suggest?

(see the answer key)

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