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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) Boost the political image of supporting politicians.
(c) Confine blacks to a specific neighborhood.
(d) Provide new homes for blacks.

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

3. 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?
(a) W.E. Waters.
(b) G.T. McClean.
(c) Tidewater.
(d) J.L. Phillips.

4. In Chapter 7, McCall likens all the fighting between groups, gangs, and others as what?
(a) Rite of Passage.
(b) Inevitable.
(c) Dress Rehearsal.
(d) Having fun.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many bedrooms does the new housing development home have?

3. What year did McCall's mother begin her relationship with McCall's biological father?

4. McCall's stepfather takes in a child from his previous marriage who is older than McCall; what is this child's name?

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

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