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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 what year does McCall briefly attend a white junior high school for purposes of integration?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1965.

2. In Part I of the book, what is the name of the girl who teaches McCall that dancing can be fun?
(a) Liz.
(b) Debbie.
(c) Denise.
(d) Valerie.

3. Looking for something else after the scam in Chapter 16, McCall robs a McDonald's and is sentenced to how many years?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

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?
(a) His youngest full brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His gandmother.
(d) His stepfather.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, "pimping" is a kind of what?

2. What is McCall doing in Chapter 15 while his relationships with family deteriorate and McCall becomes more paranoid?

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

4. In Part I of the book, McCall recalls a moment when this person grabbed one of his brothers and told them to "stop acting like a nigger." Who is this person?

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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