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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 many bedrooms does the new housing development home have?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

2. In Chapter 8, McCall is severely beaten by whom?
(a) The Cherry Boys.
(b) The Streers.
(c) The Downtown Crew.
(d) The Bombers.

3. At one point in Chapter 6, McCall describes "trains" as what?
(a) New city buses.
(b) Gang Bangs.
(c) Long trips.
(d) Drive-bys from rival gangs.

4. Besides rumbles between gangs, another common occurrence is fighting whom, according to McCall?
(a) Cops.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Whites.
(d) Parents.

5. In Chapter 9, McCall and his friends' ongoing feud with one group is interrupted by a new threat from where?
(a) Downtown.
(b) The new white junior high.
(c) Within the new housing development.
(d) Academy Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. In talking about the black hero in Chapter 12, McCall comments that even his stepfather owns what?

2. McCall vows to do what he can to help but has no idea what to do when his girlfriend tells him what?

3. In 1964, McCall and his family move into a new housing development called what?

4. In Chapter 5, McCall is sent into the juvenile court system after he is caught doing what with his friends?

5. In Chapter 14, McCall considers that he got a light sentence for shooting a man because the man's life was worth so little and because McCall did so well in what?

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