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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 the neighborhood junior high school, McCall learns about putting down others as a competitive conversation called what?
(a) One upmanship.
(b) Joining.
(c) Timing.
(d) The dozens.

2. Besides rumbles between gangs, another common occurrence is fighting whom, according to McCall?
(a) Parents.
(b) Whites.
(c) Cops.
(d) Teachers.

3. In Chapter 2, readers find that the new black housing development is separated from the poor white neighborhood by what?
(a) Race.
(b) A highway.
(c) Hatred.
(d) A swale.

4. In Chapter ,1 McCall and his friends are what age when they attack another young boy?
(a) Adults.
(b) Middle school age.
(c) Teenagers.
(d) Elementary school age.

5. In 1964, McCall and his family move into a new housing development called what?
(a) Cavalier Park.
(b) Academy Manor.
(c) Cavalier Manor.
(d) Academy Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, McCall and his friends' ongoing feud with one group is interrupted by a new threat from where?

2. After losing his job, McCall is soon looking for opportunities to do what?

3. How old was McCall's mother when she began her relationship with McCall's biological father?

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

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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