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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Chapters 40 through 45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In one of the clashes between the poor white neighborhood and the new black housing development, what happens to a young black girl?
(a) She gets lost.
(b) She runs away.
(c) She dies.
(d) She suffers permanent brain damage.

2. After McCall and his friends beat the young man in Chapter 1, what does McCall admit he feared for a moment?
(a) That the victim was dead.
(b) Having his parents find out.
(c) Being arrested.
(d) Not getting in enough hits.

3. In Part I of the book, McCall recalls a moment when this person grabbed one of his brothers and told them to "stop acting like a nigger." Who is this person?
(a) McCall's stepfather.
(b) McCall's mother.
(c) A school teacher.
(d) McCall's oldest brother.

4. What is the name of the book that eventually turns McCall on to religion?
(a) The Rebel Jesus.
(b) As a Man Thinketh.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Malcolm X.

5. Where does McCall visit his new daughter, as noted in Chapter 43?
(a) The hospital.
(b) At her home.
(c) Jail.
(d) Rehab.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to McCall in Chapter 21, who has the men's hormones in turmoil and he hates them for this sexual tension?

2. In Chapter 30, McCall recalls that when he and his brothers were really young, their father did not show up to take them where?

3. In Chapter 34, who gets pregnant after McCall spends a few nights with her?

4. In Chapter 32, McCall has fathered another child; what is the name that the baby's mother has picked for this child?

5. In Chapter 8, McCall is severely beaten by whom?

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