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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. 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?
(a) His gandmother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His youngest full brother.
(d) His stepfather.

2. What is the name of the boy shot in McCall's front yard?
(a) Bimbo.
(b) Dwight.
(c) Prairie Dog.
(d) Horace.

3. In Part I of the book, McCall recalls a moment when this person grabbed one of his brothers and told them to "stop acting like a nigger." Who is this person?
(a) McCall's mother.
(b) A school teacher.
(c) McCall's stepfather.
(d) McCall's oldest brother.

4. After McCall and his friends beat the young man in Chapter 1, what does McCall admit he feared for a moment?
(a) That the victim was dead.
(b) Having his parents find out.
(c) Not getting in enough hits.
(d) Being arrested.

5. McCall is fired from what kind of job after a confrontation with a supervisor?
(a) Construction.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Lawn Service.
(d) Mechanic.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, McCall likens all the fighting between groups, gangs, and others as what?

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

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

4. According to McCall in Chapter 9, after a boy is killed, who arrives in town with plans for war?

5. What kind of vehicle does McCall's stepfather drive that is also a cause for tension at McCall's job?

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