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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the commotion Gunnar notices when he leaves a man's house after watching television there?
(a) Psycho has his gang attacking stores.
(b) Two girls are fighting over a boy.
(c) A white man is being beaten to death.
(d) Two trucks have collided.

2. What inspires Swen to create a new dance?
(a) Seeing his first born.
(b) Listening to Abraham Lincoln make a speech.
(c) Hearing slaves singing.
(d) Falling in love.

3. Who comes to the school to give health examinations?
(a) City health workers.
(b) A volunteer doctor with nurses.
(c) Volunteer parents who are in the health care profession.
(d) Federal Health Department staff.

4. What was Euripides Kaufman's position in life?
(a) The servant in a New York mansion.
(b) He owned a farm in Pennsylvania.
(c) He was a Baptist minister.
(d) A slave in Boston.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Gunnar and Nick and some other boys do at school on Monday?

2. How many siblings does Gunnar have?

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

4. What does Gunnar say The White Boy Shuffle is?

5. For what does Eileen Litmus report Gunnar?

(see the answer key)

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