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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. Why does McCall start ignoring his friends after he is named homecoming king?
(a) He moves away.
(b) He gets a job.
(c) He is in love.
(d) He goes to a different school.

2. Even being on the honor roll and adults pulling for his academic success is not enough to pull McCall from his old life, so in Chapter 14 McCall describes going to his college classes ___ or not showing up at all.
(a) Unprepared.
(b) High.
(c) Angry.
(d) Late.

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

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

5. Who does McCall shoot in the chest after he taunt's McCall's son's mother?
(a) Horace.
(b) Shelley.
(c) Plaz.
(d) Bimbo.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, McCall talks about his family, including his two full bothers whose names are what?

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

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

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

5. What is McCall doing in Chapter 15 while his relationships with family deteriorate and McCall becomes more paranoid?

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