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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. According to McCall in Chapter 9, after a boy is killed, who arrives in town with plans for war?
(a) The Black Panthers.
(b) The Army Reserve.
(c) The NAACP.
(d) More rival gangs.

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

3. McCall points out that eventually the young boys will give up their fist fighting in favor of what?
(a) Guns.
(b) Knives.
(c) Education.
(d) Families.

4. In Chapter 4, "pimping" is a kind of what?
(a) Pickpocketing.
(b) Walk.
(c) Snitching.
(d) Sexual behavior.

5. In Chapter 9, McCall is arrested for possession of what?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Sawed-off shot gun.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, readers discover that many feel the new housing development for blacks was created not to provide equal housing but for what?

3. In Part I of the book, McCall reveals that the reason he starts to steal is not for anything he needs but rather for what?

4. In Chapter 10, what does McCall successfully do with an ice cream truck?

5. McCall is fired from what kind of job after a confrontation with a supervisor?

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