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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the school guidance counselor find unbelievable about Gunnar?
(a) His height.
(b) His lack of school pride.
(c) His shyness with girls.
(d) His high SAT scores.

2. How does Gunnar feel about the police in his new area?
(a) He thinks they are good cops.
(b) He believes they work hard.
(c) He thinks they may need more education.
(d) He holds them in contempt.

3. What did Gunnar learn in Santa Monica that seems to anger kids where he now lives?
(a) Obeying his mother.
(b) Rules of etiquette.
(c) Studying at school.
(d) Sharing toys.

4. What topic do Gunnar and his friends discuss one night after leaving a club?
(a) State basketball championship.
(b) The girls at the club.
(c) Police harassment.
(d) Graduation.

5. How does Gunnar mock the game played between Campesino and Hillside?
(a) Paints his face white.
(b) Wears a Hillside uniform.
(c) Often throws the ball to Hillside players.
(d) Paints a KKK on the basketball.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does his creative writing class want Gunnar to do?

2. How many siblings does Gunnar have?

3. What does Gunnar tell the officers when they ask whether he is involved in any gangs?

4. What kind of stories does Gunnar's mother tell him?

5. What does Gunnar think of the rhetoric of Ambrosia?

(see the answer key)

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