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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Chapters 25 through 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, readers discover that many feel the new housing development for blacks was created not to provide equal housing but for what?
(a) Use contaminated land no one else wanted to develop.
(b) Boost the political image of supporting politicians.
(c) Confine blacks to a specific neighborhood.
(d) Provide new homes for blacks.

2. How old is McCall's mother by the time she has birthed three sons?
(a) 15.
(b) 17.
(c) 18.
(d) 21.

3. At one point in Chapter 6, McCall describes "trains" as what?
(a) Long trips.
(b) Drive-bys from rival gangs.
(c) Gang Bangs.
(d) New city buses.

4. What does McCall reveal to enjoy about school besides the reason he gives his friends for staying in school?
(a) Math.
(b) Music.
(c) Literature.
(d) P.E.

5. In Chapter 24, McCall describes how he has come to appreciate the small things, after arriving home from St. Bride's with whom?
(a) His stepfather.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, McCall talks about gifts under a Christmas tree that he ____.

2. In Chapter 5, McCall is sent into the juvenile court system after he is caught doing what with his friends?

3. In Chapter 26, a college professor introduces McCall to what religion?

4. How old was McCall's mother when she began her relationship with McCall's biological father?

5. In Chapter 9, McCall and his friends' ongoing feud with one group is interrupted by a new threat from where?

(see the answer key)

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