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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. In Chapter 2, readers discover that many feel the new housing development for blacks was created not to provide equal housing but for what?
(a) Use contaminated land no one else wanted to develop.
(b) Confine blacks to a specific neighborhood.
(c) Provide new homes for blacks.
(d) Boost the political image of supporting politicians.

2. During one of the clashes in Chapter 9, the police arrive and a boy by what name is killed?
(a) Dwight.
(b) Prairie Dog.
(c) Bimbo.
(d) Billy.

3. How many bedrooms does the new housing development home have?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

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

5. Who is assaulted by several guys before she and McCall consummate the act?
(a) Liz.
(b) Debbie.
(c) Valerie.
(d) Denise.

Short Answer 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?

2. In one of the clashes between the poor white neighborhood and the new black housing development, what happens to a young black girl?

3. After McCall and his friends beat the young man in Chapter 1, what does McCall admit he feared for a moment?

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?

5. How old is McCall when the parents of his former girlfriend want him to testify about her assault?

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