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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the gang members who find Gunnar in the store do?
(a) Drag him out to the parking lot.
(b) Tear up the store and blame it on Gunnar.
(c) Beat him up.
(d) Ask him to join the gang.

2. What does Gunnar say The White Boy Shuffle is?
(a) His stand-up comedy routines.
(b) His ideas on white American culture.
(c) His memoir.
(d) His ideas on African American culture.

3. What does Euripides do after he taunts some British soldiers?
(a) Lies down in the street.
(b) Moves to the back of the crowd.
(c) Runs home.
(d) Gets himself shot.

4. What is Gunnar's mother tired of seeing her children do all the time?
(a) Fight with each other.
(b) Stay in the house.
(c) Get into trouble.
(d) Make fun of the neighbors.

5. For what does Gunnar say he has been conscripted?
(a) As a stand-up comedian.
(b) As the representative of his school at national debate trials.
(c) As the epitome of a good African American.
(d) As the voice of all African Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion does Swen inspire in the people around him?

2. What does Gunnar feel like in his neighborhood?

3. Who does Gunnar tell the police his Gang of Four plan to fight in a week?

4. Where does Gunnar go to avoid trouble?

5. Why doesn't Compton return home one night?

(see the answer key)

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