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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapters Eleven through Sixteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Taking a bath.
(d) Letting go of false friends.

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

3. According to Chapter 4, how many blocks is the walk to the black junior high school near McCall's home in the new black housing development?
(a) 2.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

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?
(a) Provide new homes for blacks.
(b) Boost the political image of supporting politicians.
(c) Confine blacks to a specific neighborhood.
(d) Use contaminated land no one else wanted to develop.

5. How many days in jail does McCall get for shooting a man in the chest?
(a) 90.
(b) 15.
(c) 45.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. McCall's stepfather takes in a child from his previous marriage who is older than McCall; what is this child's name?

5. In Chapter 12, McCall looks at what movie/show and how it affects young black men?

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