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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapters Eleven through Sixteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 14, McCall considers that he got a light sentence for shooting a man because the man's life was worth so little and because McCall did so well in what?
(a) First year of college.
(b) Helping his parents.
(c) Keeping a job.
(d) Raising his son.

2. When the family arrives at their new home in 1964, McCall's stepfather works full-time and does lawn work part-time to support the family, after retiring from where?
(a) The Air Force.
(b) The Army.
(c) The Coast Guard.
(d) The Navy.

3. Who, according to McCall in Chapter 10, backs up his alibi when McCall needs one?
(a) His oldest brother.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

4. In Chapter 8, McCall is severely beaten by whom?
(a) The Bombers.
(b) The Streers.
(c) The Downtown Crew.
(d) The Cherry Boys.

5. McCall briefly turns to selling drugs but stops, admitting in Chapter 15 that besides the pitfalls McCall can't track what well enough to make money?
(a) The cops.
(b) The money.
(c) The product.
(d) The people.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part I of the book, what is the name of the girl who teaches McCall that dancing can be fun?

2. Who does McCall shoot in the chest after he taunt's McCall's son's mother?

3. According to Chapter 4, how many blocks is the walk to the black junior high school near McCall's home in the new black housing development?

4. Feeling the power of the gun after shooting at a gang chasing him, McCall goes home in Part I and almost confesses all he has done to whom?

5. After McCall and his friends beat the young man in Chapter 1, what does McCall admit he feared for a moment?

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