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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. Who does McCall shoot in the chest after he taunt's McCall's son's mother?
(a) Bimbo.
(b) Plaz.
(c) Horace.
(d) Shelley.

2. In Chapter 7, McCall likens all the fighting between groups, gangs, and others as what?
(a) Inevitable.
(b) Dress Rehearsal.
(c) Having fun.
(d) Rite of Passage.

3. In Chapter 11, as McCall's successful criminal activities increase, the youngsters in his neighborhood ____ him.
(a) Pay attention to.
(b) Like.
(c) Respect.
(d) Fear.

4. McCall is fired from what kind of job after a confrontation with a supervisor?
(a) Construction.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Lawn Service.
(d) Mechanic.

5. How old is McCall when the parents of his former girlfriend want him to testify about her assault?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides rumbles between gangs, another common occurrence is fighting whom, according to McCall?

2. 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?

3. How old is McCall's mother by the time she has birthed three sons?

4. Besides McCall's brothers, stepfather and mother, who else lives with the family when they move into their new housing development home?

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?

(see the answer key)

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