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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gunnar's mother do about his getting in trouble?
(a) Makes him give up his bike for a year.
(b) Makes him go to the Boy's Club.
(c) Makes him join the Cub Scouts.
(d) Makes him attend church.

2. Why is Wolfgang fired?
(a) Getting polish on a man's pants.
(b) Using a Whites Only bathroom.
(c) Stealing cotton.
(d) Cussing at a student.

3. What does Gunnar say the majority of the playground jokes concern?
(a) They are mostly ethnic jokes.
(b) They are mostly gang jokes.
(c) They are mostly jokes about teachers.
(d) They are mostly jokes about sex.

4. What seems to happen whenever Gunnar tries to make friends?
(a) He cannot make friends with any of the white boys.
(b) He gets beat up.
(c) The kids laugh at him.
(d) He is asked to join a gang.

5. Why did Gunnar get in trouble sometimes at the beach?
(a) For fishing off the pier.
(b) For being black.
(c) For playing pranks.
(d) For getting in fists fights.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gunnar realize when the other students arrive in his first period class?

2. What does Gunnar like to do most at home?

3. Where does Wolfgang get a job when he moves?

4. Why does Gunnar's mother decide they need to move?

5. When Gunnar reads what is his favorite kind of book?

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