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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Chapters 35 through 39..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At one point in Chapter 6, McCall describes "trains" as what?
(a) Drive-bys from rival gangs.
(b) New city buses.
(c) Gang Bangs.
(d) Long trips.

2. McCall's stepfather takes in a child from his previous marriage who is older than McCall; what is this child's name?
(a) Bryan Keith.
(b) Dwight.
(c) Billy.
(d) Junnie.

3. McCall vows to do what he can to help but has no idea what to do when his girlfriend tells him what?
(a) Her parents are divorcing.
(b) She is sick.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She wants an abortion.

4. McCall describes how he is so racially sensitive he can not enjoy an assignment covering what kind of contest?
(a) Cotton picking.
(b) Watermelon eating.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Corn husking.

5. When having lunch with a white person, McCall notes that he never orders what?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Watermelon.
(c) Collard greens.
(d) Soda.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. In Chapter 36, McCall's visiting friend gets a job doing what and becomes disgusted at the low pay?

4. In Part III of the book, McCall describes how he never does this in front of white people?

5. In 1964, McCall and his family move into a new housing development called what?

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