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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. After losing his job, McCall is soon looking for opportunities to do what?
(a) Work.
(b) Steal.
(c) Help at home.
(d) Date.

2. 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 Black Panthers.
(d) The Army Reserve.

3. In Chapter 10, what does McCall successfully do with an ice cream truck?
(a) Drive it.
(b) Work the route.
(c) Paint it.
(d) Steal it.

4. In Chapter 10, McCall talks about gifts under a Christmas tree that he ____.
(a) Takes.
(b) Wraps.
(c) Opens.
(d) Drops off.

5. In Chapter 4, "pimping" is a kind of what?
(a) Snitching.
(b) Walk.
(c) Pickpocketing.
(d) Sexual behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides rumbles between gangs, another common occurrence is fighting whom, according to McCall?

2. Besides McCall's brothers, stepfather and mother, who else lives with the family when they move into their new housing development home?

3. In Part I of the book, what is the name of the girl who teaches McCall that dancing can be fun?

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

5. At one point in Chapter 6, McCall describes "trains" as what?

(see the answer key)

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