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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. Whatever McCall sells from the armed robberies is because he does not want it or because what?
(a) His parents might find it.
(b) He does not like it.
(c) It does not fit.
(d) It's to "hot" to keep.

2. What kind of vehicle does McCall's stepfather drive that is also a cause for tension at McCall's job?
(a) A work truck.
(b) A Cadillac.
(c) An Eldorado.
(d) An Oldsmobile.

3. In Chapter 11, McCall describes how he begins hustling people and then what?
(a) Stealing from his parents.
(b) Encouraging his siblings to steal.
(c) Breaking into homes.
(d) Hanging out with drug dealers.

4. Even being on the honor roll and adults pulling for his academic success is not enough to pull McCall from his old life, so in Chapter 14 McCall describes going to his college classes ___ or not showing up at all.
(a) Unprepared.
(b) Late.
(c) High.
(d) Angry.

5. In Chapter 3, the reader discovers that McCall was jealous of his grandmother's affections while she worked as what for a Jewish family?
(a) Nanny.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Maid.
(d) Cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, readers find that the new black housing development is separated from the poor white neighborhood by what?

2. In Chapter 14 McCall makes the college honor roll with what grade point average?

3. The wealthier side of the new black housing development is separated from a poorer white neighborhood which is called what?

4. After July 19, 1973, McCall is soon accepted into how many colleges?

5. Looking for something else after the scam in Chapter 16, McCall robs a McDonald's and is sentenced to how many years?

(see the answer key)

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