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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Alfred's last name?
(a) Jones.
(b) Brooks.
(c) Smith.
(d) Harmon.

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

3. Who does Alfred's aunt decide to talk to about Alfred's boxing in Chapter 9?
(a) The preacher.
(b) The neighbor.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her husband.

4. What caused the limp that Henry has in the novel?
(a) Polio.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Syphillis.
(d) AIDS.

5. Where did Robert Lipsyte grow up?
(a) Miami, Florida.
(b) Queens, New York.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) San Francisco, California.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, when Alfred leaves the apartment, a boy tells him that Sonny and who are looking for him?

2. Donatelli has high hopes pinned on his fighter, which is whom, in Chapter 7?

3. Who had decided that he and Alfred were going to be wrestlers after he found a boxing and wrestling magazine on the street in Chapter 7?

4. In literature, what conflicts arise from obstacles located outside the protagonist including nature, the supernatural, or society?

5. Where does Alfred end up going for the first time in Chapter 2?

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