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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. How old is McCall when the parents of his former girlfriend want him to testify about her assault?
(a) 15.
(b) 13.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

2. In Chapter 5, McCall is sent into the juvenile court system after he is caught doing what with his friends?
(a) Vandalizing school property.
(b) Shoplifting.
(c) Pickpocketing.
(d) Skipping school.

3. How old was McCall's mother when she began her relationship with McCall's biological father?
(a) 18.
(b) 15.
(c) 13.
(d) 14.

4. In Part I of the book, what is the name of the girl who teaches McCall that dancing can be fun?
(a) Debbie.
(b) Liz.
(c) Denise.
(d) Valerie.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. What is the name of the boy in Part I of the book that McCall and others think is dead, only to find him alive and at home when they return to their neighborhood?

3. In Chapter 9, McCall is arrested for possession of what?

4. McCall points out that eventually the young boys will give up their fist fighting in favor of what?

5. The wealthier side of the new black housing development is separated from a poorer white neighborhood which is called what?

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