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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. After losing his job, McCall is soon looking for opportunities to do what?
(a) Help at home.
(b) Steal.
(c) Work.
(d) Date.

2. 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 School.
(c) Military.
(d) New assignment.

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

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

5. In Part I of the book, McCall reveals that the reason he starts to steal is not for anything he needs but rather for what?
(a) Because his friends did it.
(b) To fit in.
(c) A rite of passage.
(d) Because his friends wanted him to do it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, McCall talks about gifts under a Christmas tree that he ____.

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

3. Who is assaulted by several guys before she and McCall consummate the act?

4. The wealthier side of the new black housing development is separated from a poorer white neighborhood which is called what?

5. What year did McCall's mother begin her relationship with McCall's biological father?

(see the answer key)

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