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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 2, readers find that the new black housing development is separated from the poor white neighborhood by what?
(a) A highway.
(b) Race.
(c) Hatred.
(d) A swale.

2. In Chapter 9, McCall and his friends' ongoing feud with one group is interrupted by a new threat from where?
(a) The new white junior high.
(b) Academy Park.
(c) Within the new housing development.
(d) Downtown.

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

4. 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?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

5. In Chapter 3, McCall talks about his family, including his two full bothers whose names are what?
(a) Junnie and Dwight.
(b) Bryan Keith and Billy.
(c) Billy and Dwight.
(d) Billy and Junnie.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, McCall is arrested for possession of what?

2. As the new kid in the black junior high school, McCall is introduced to the term "getting clean" which means what?

3. In Chapter ,1 McCall and his friends are what age when they attack another young boy?

4. During one of the clashes in Chapter 9, the police arrive and a boy by what name is killed?

5. 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.

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