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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. In Chapter 17, McCall is taken to this place and McCall notes that how you enter this place says a lot about you; what is this place?
(a) Jail.
(b) New assignment.
(c) New School.
(d) Military.

2. In Chapter 14 McCall makes the college honor roll with what grade point average?
(a) 3.0
(b) 3.85
(c) 3.5
(d) 4.0

3. Because his parents can not afford anything different, McCall chooses to go to what college?
(a) Howard.
(b) Old Dominion.
(c) Norfolk State.
(d) Hampton.

4. During one of the clashes in Chapter 9, the police arrive and a boy by what name is killed?
(a) Prairie Dog.
(b) Billy.
(c) Dwight.
(d) Bimbo.

5. After McCall and his friends beat the young man in Chapter 1, what does McCall admit he feared for a moment?
(a) That the victim was dead.
(b) Being arrested.
(c) Having his parents find out.
(d) Not getting in enough hits.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does McCall start ignoring his friends after he is named homecoming king?

2. What is the name of the book that eventually turns McCall on to religion?

3. In Chapter 23, what is the name of the former teacher McCall encounters and wishes to tell that his lessons made a difference?

4. In the neighborhood junior high school, McCall learns about putting down others as a competitive conversation called what?

5. In Chapter 21, McCall writes about his sexual frustration, describing how rival gangs even fight over someone whose name is what?

(see the answer key)

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