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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapters Eleven through Sixteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After someone McCall knows is shot by a homeowner while breaking into a home, what does McCall do?
(a) Quit.
(b) Run.
(c) Shoot the homeowner.
(d) Hide.

2. McCall's stepfather takes in a child from his previous marriage who is older than McCall; what is this child's name?
(a) Bryan Keith.
(b) Billy.
(c) Junnie.
(d) Dwight.

3. According to McCall in Chapter 9, after a boy is killed, who arrives in town with plans for war?
(a) More rival gangs.
(b) The NAACP.
(c) The Black Panthers.
(d) The Army Reserve.

4. McCall is fired from what kind of job after a confrontation with a supervisor?
(a) Newspaper.
(b) Construction.
(c) Mechanic.
(d) Lawn Service.

5. In Chapter 12, McCall looks at what movie/show and how it affects young black men?
(a) Superfly.
(b) Leave it to Beaver.
(c) My Three Sons.
(d) Shaft.

Short Answer Questions

1. McCall vows to do what he can to help but has no idea what to do when his girlfriend tells him what?

2. When several of McCall's friends drop out of school, what does McCall give as his reason for staying in school?

3. Who is assaulted by several guys before she and McCall consummate the act?

4. Even being on the honor roll and adults pulling for his academic success is not enough to pull McCall from his old life, so in Chapter 14 McCall describes going to his college classes ___ or not showing up at all.

5. In Chapter 7, what is the name of the young man that fights McCall to "toughen" him up?

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