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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Chapters 30 through 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what is the name of the young man that fights McCall to "toughen" him up?
(a) Horace.
(b) Prairie Dog.
(c) Bimbo.
(d) Billy.

2. When the family arrives at their new home in 1964, McCall's stepfather works full-time and does lawn work part-time to support the family, after retiring from where?
(a) The Navy.
(b) The Coast Guard.
(c) The Air Force.
(d) The Army.

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

4. What year did McCall's mother begin her relationship with McCall's biological father?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1949.

5. In 1981, McCall begins a job with what newspaper?
(a) The Washington Post.
(b) The Spartan Echo.
(c) The Virginia Pilot-Ledger Star.
(d) The Portsmouth Courier.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, readers discover that many feel the new housing development for blacks was created not to provide equal housing but for what?

2. Who is upset about the name McCall chooses in Chapter 32 for his son?

3. Who is the person that visits McCall and McCall becomes concerned for this person's health?

4. In Chapter 10, what does McCall successfully do with an ice cream truck?

5. Because his parents can not afford anything different, McCall chooses to go to what college?

(see the answer key)

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