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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. In talking about the black hero in Chapter 12, McCall comments that even his stepfather owns what?
(a) A television.
(b) A house.
(c) A gun.
(d) A Cadillac.

2. What is the name of the co-worker's girlfriend that McCall befriends in Chapter 37?
(a) Valerie.
(b) Sharon.
(c) Meg.
(d) Susan.

3. As McCall learns more about what process, he finally makes a career choice?
(a) Educational.
(b) Writing.
(c) Business systems.
(d) Printing.

4. McCall briefly turns to selling drugs but stops, admitting in Chapter 15 that besides the pitfalls McCall can't track what well enough to make money?
(a) The money.
(b) The product.
(c) The people.
(d) The cops.

5. In Chapter 39, McCall interviews for a job with what newspaper?
(a) The Portsmouth Courier.
(b) The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
(c) The Washington Post.
(d) The Virginia Pilot-Ledger Star.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whatever McCall sells from the armed robberies is because he does not want it or because what?

2. McCall describes how he is so racially sensitive he can not enjoy an assignment covering what kind of contest?

3. Once hired by the newspaper, McCall describes being uncomfortable working what assignment?

4. By the end of Chapter 29, McCall realizes that it is too much for him to have to keep confronting his ____ so he decides he needs to make a deep change.

5. McCall learns a lot from a man named Jim who has been _______ for more than a decade.

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