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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alfred's boss tells him that he should quit boxing because times are different now, and boxers what?
(a) Don't get any women.
(b) Get injured more often.
(c) Rarely make it big.
(d) Are viewed differently by society.

2. Who leaves the gym in shame after a confrontation in Chapter 6?
(a) Lou.
(b) Henry.
(c) Red.
(d) Bud.

3. Who stops Alfred to question him in Chapter 5?
(a) Two policemen.
(b) James.
(c) The school principal.
(d) His father.

4. What day of the week is it in Chapter 4?
(a) Monday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Friday.

5. In Chapter 7, Alfred greets people on his way home, following the example of some great boxers who were "men enough to be" what?
(a) Sweet.
(b) Women.
(c) Children.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes tensions to be particularly high at the gym in Chapter 10?

2. Who is going to be out that night, spurring Alfred to go in Chapter 10?

3. Where did Robert Lipsyte grow up?

4. At what kind of store does Alfred work?

5. Alfred's new friends explain to him that the fight was called off because Donatelli didn't want what in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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