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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Gassers surround Rufus in an alley, Rufus breaks a bottle of ________ to defend himself with the glass.
(a) Milk.
(b) Soda.
(c) Catsup.
(d) Whiskey.

2. Rufus thinks his father is John Henry until he is how old?
(a) 12.
(b) 9.
(c) 10.
(d) 11.

3. Once the kid with red hair leaves the grocery, what does Rufus tell his sister to do?
(a) Run home down the street.
(b) Go back to the store and call her mother.
(c) Go back to the store and call the police.
(d) Run home down an alley.

4. En route to the store, kids in a car with a "Gassers" sticker throw what at Rufus?
(a) A sack of broken bricks.
(b) A sack of chains.
(c) A sack of dirty diapers.
(d) A sack of empty bottles.

5. Rufus tells Baby and Idell to cut up what in order to make weapons for Moors boys?
(a) Garden hose.
(b) Heavy playground chain.
(c) Metal pipe.
(d) Wooden stair railing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dashing into an alley at the end of Chapter 6, what is Rufus looking for?

2. Why does the cop let the Gassers carload go?

3. What do Rufus and his mother do in response to Alex Robbins' recommendation regarding the pigtail being cut off?

4. Rufus proposes that Pelican's gang do what when the Moors tangle with the Gassers?

5. Rufus manages to hold his own against Bantu, forcing him to drop his knife, and then what?

(see the answer key)

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