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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. McCall points out that eventually the young boys will give up their fist fighting in favor of what?
(a) Families.
(b) Knives.
(c) Education.
(d) Guns.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is McCall's mother by the time she has birthed three sons?

2. The young boy attacked in Chapter 1 is riding what when he is attacked?

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

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

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

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