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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 24, McCall describes how he has come to appreciate the small things, after arriving home from St. Bride's with whom?
(a) His stepfather.
(b) His mother.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His father.

2. In Chapter 26, McCall joins this organization due to his professor's influence.
(a) Southern Baptists Association.
(b) American Muslim Mission.
(c) NAACP.
(d) Black Panthers.

3. According to McCall in Chapter 13, who is liked by his parents for keeping him off the streets?
(a) Elisabeth.
(b) Denise.
(c) His best friend.
(d) Billy.

4. 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) To fit in.
(b) Because his friends did it.
(c) A rite of passage.
(d) Because his friends wanted him to do it.

5. As noted in Chapter 32, what is the name of the detective with whom McCall bonds?
(a) Davies.
(b) Miller.
(c) McClean.
(d) Gant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year does McCall briefly attend a white junior high school for purposes of integration?

3. After St. Brides, McCall notes that he understands why so many return to prison so quickly after freedom because jail provides jail, housing, and ___ for inmates.

4. McCall vows to do what he can to help but has no idea what to do when his girlfriend tells him what?

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

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