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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gunnar do at Pumpkin's funeral?
(a) Sits with his mother.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Recites a poem.
(d) Delivers the eulogy.

2. What was the original name of the Gun Totin' Hooligans?
(a) Body Eccentric.
(b) Movin' Legs.
(c) Electric Heads.
(d) Death by Fear.

3. Who does Gunnar tell the police his Gang of Four plan to fight in a week?
(a) The Gun Totin' Hooligans.
(b) The Hollywood Six Guns.
(c) Hell's Inmates.
(d) The Bowery Boys.

4. What do Gunnar and Nick and some other boys do at school on Monday?
(a) Write graffiti in the hallway.
(b) Find some girls for dates for the next weekend.
(c) Scale the fence and go off school property.
(d) Lock the principal in his office.

5. For what is Swen Kaufman known?
(a) The only black man to move to the South from the North.
(b) Leading a calvry charge during the Civil War.
(c) Having 45 children with two wives.
(d) Inventing the peanut grinder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the neighborhood to which Gunnar and his family have moved?

2. Why is the audience shocked by Gunnar's speech?

3. Where do Gunnar and Nick have lunch sometimes to escape the school crowds?

4. What did the Gun Totin' Hooligans do together originally?

5. What inspires Swen to create a new dance?

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