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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. From where is McCall released in February 1978?
(a) Prison.
(b) Current newspaper assignment.
(c) Medical supervision.
(d) Military duty.

2. When several of McCall's friends drop out of school, what does McCall give as his reason for staying in school?
(a) Obeying his parents.
(b) Being close to the girls.
(c) Getting an education.
(d) Having access to school equipment.

3. In Chapter 22, McCall comes to realize that many blacks feel education has nothing to do with them so they do what?
(a) Challenge the system.
(b) Drop out of public school.
(c) Commit crimes.
(d) Act out in school.

4. In Chapter 16, McCall and his son's mother run a scam that besides them affects other peoples what?
(a) Safety.
(b) Homes.
(c) Kids.
(d) Jobs.

5. 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?
(a) His stepfather.
(b) His youngest full brother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His gandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In one of the clashes between the poor white neighborhood and the new black housing development, what happens to a young black girl?

3. In Chapter 9, McCall is arrested for possession of what?

4. According to McCall in Chapter 23, after making his career choice, he writes to what college?

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

(see the answer key)

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