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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapters 17 through 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After McCall does what the college tells him to do in Chapter 23, McCall ____ a year's tuition.
(a) Borrows.
(b) Pays.
(c) Wins.
(d) Gets waived.

3. How old was McCall's mother when she began her relationship with McCall's biological father?
(a) 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 18.

4. In what year does McCall briefly attend a white junior high school for purposes of integration?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1967.

5. The wealthier side of the new black housing development is separated from a poorer white neighborhood which is called what?
(a) Cavalier Park.
(b) Academy Park.
(c) Cavalier Manor.
(d) Academy Manor.

Short Answer Questions

1. When several of McCall's friends drop out of school, what does McCall give as his reason for staying in school?

2. In Chapter 22, McCall comes to realize that many blacks feel education has nothing to do with them so they do what?

3. Feeling the power of the gun after shooting at a gang chasing him, McCall goes home in Part I and almost confesses all he has done to whom?

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

5. While at St. Brides, McCall learns what trade?

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