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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Coast Guard.
(b) The Air Force.
(c) The Army.
(d) The Navy.

2. Besides McCall's brothers, stepfather and mother, who else lives with the family when they move into their new housing development home?
(a) Liz.
(b) Bampoose.
(c) J.L.
(d) Debbie.

3. How old is McCall's mother by the time she has birthed three sons?
(a) 15.
(b) 21.
(c) 17.
(d) 18.

4. After losing his job, McCall is soon looking for opportunities to do what?
(a) Steal.
(b) Work.
(c) Date.
(d) Help at home.

5. In Chapter 10, what does McCall successfully do with an ice cream truck?
(a) Work the route.
(b) Drive it.
(c) Paint it.
(d) Steal it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does McCall briefly attend a white junior high school for purposes of integration?

2. In Chapter 10, McCall talks about gifts under a Christmas tree that he ____.

3. What is the name of the boy in Part I of the book that McCall and others think is dead, only to find him alive and at home when they return to their neighborhood?

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

5. In the neighborhood junior high school, McCall learns about putting down others as a competitive conversation called what?

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