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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 profession did Robert Lipsyte's father hold?
(a) Dentist.
(b) School principal.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Boxer.

2. At what time does Donatelli tell Alfred he will have to get up daily in Chapter 3?
(a) 6:15 a.m.
(b) 7:30 a.m.
(c) 5:30 a.m.
(d) 4:00 a.m.

3. When Alfred returns home in Chapter 6, who questions him regarding his whereabouts and asks if he has been out all night?
(a) Pearl.
(b) James.
(c) Henry.
(d) Major.

4. With whom does James go to rob the store in Chapter 1?
(a) Wilson and Major.
(b) Sonny and Hollis.
(c) Hollis and Wilson.
(d) Major and Sonny.

5. Who have gone away on a break, leaving Alfred alone at the apartment in Chapter 10?
(a) His mother and aunt.
(b) His aunt and cousins.
(c) His mother and step-father.
(d) His brother and father.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, James's friends taunt Alfred about his job, saying that he works like a slave for who?

2. What is the name of Alfred's aunt who raised him?

3. The man from downstairs offers Alfred some advice, telling him to begin with what in Chapter 6?

4. Alfred learns that who used to train as a boxer in Chapter 10?

5. Who stops Alfred to question him in Chapter 5?

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