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

2. Besides McCall's brothers, stepfather and mother, who else lives with the family when they move into their new housing development home?
(a) J.L.
(b) Bampoose.
(c) Debbie.
(d) Liz.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, the reader discovers that McCall was jealous of his grandmother's affections while she worked as what for a Jewish family?

2. In Chapter 10, what does McCall successfully do with an ice cream truck?

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

4. During one of the clashes in Chapter 9, the police arrive and a boy by what name is killed?

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

(see the answer key)

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