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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) The dozens.
(b) Timing.
(c) One upmanship.
(d) Joining.

2. As the new kid in the black junior high school, McCall is introduced to the term "getting clean" which means what?
(a) Telling the truth.
(b) Dressing in the coolest fads.
(c) Letting go of false friends.
(d) Taking a bath.

3. In Chapter 9, McCall is arrested for possession of what?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Sawed-off shot gun.

4. According to McCall in Chapter 9, after a boy is killed, who arrives in town with plans for war?
(a) The NAACP.
(b) More rival gangs.
(c) The Army Reserve.
(d) The Black Panthers.

5. The wealthier side of the new black housing development is separated from a poorer white neighborhood which is called what?
(a) Academy Manor.
(b) Cavalier Manor.
(c) Academy Park.
(d) Cavalier Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, McCall is sent into the juvenile court system after he is caught doing what with his friends?

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

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

4. Who is assaulted by several guys before she and McCall consummate the act?

5. 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?

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