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

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

3. In Chapter 11, McCall describes how he begins hustling people and then what?
(a) Hanging out with drug dealers.
(b) Encouraging his siblings to steal.
(c) Breaking into homes.
(d) Stealing from his parents.

4. The young boy attacked in Chapter 1 is riding what when he is attacked?
(a) A skateboard.
(b) A scooter.
(c) The bus.
(d) A bicycle.

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?
(a) Bryan Keith.
(b) Prairie Dog.
(c) Bimbo.
(d) Horace.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Part I of the book, McCall recalls a moment when this person grabbed one of his brothers and told them to "stop acting like a nigger." Who is this person?

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

4. In Chapter 11, as McCall's successful criminal activities increase, the youngsters in his neighborhood ____ him.

5. Looking for something else after the scam in Chapter 16, McCall robs a McDonald's and is sentenced to how many years?

(see the answer key)

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