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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. In Chapter 7, what is the name of the young man that fights McCall to "toughen" him up?
(a) Bimbo.
(b) Horace.
(c) Prairie Dog.
(d) Billy.

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

4. 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?
(a) A rite of passage.
(b) Because his friends did it.
(c) Because his friends wanted him to do it.
(d) To fit in.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. What is the name of the school McCall's parents move him back to after he did not fit in at the white junior high school?

3. Who, according to McCall in Chapter 10, backs up his alibi when McCall needs one?

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

5. 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?

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