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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 9, McCall is arrested for possession of what?
(a) Sawed-off shot gun.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Marijuana.

2. In Chapter 4, "pimping" is a kind of what?
(a) Snitching.
(b) Sexual behavior.
(c) Pickpocketing.
(d) Walk.

3. In Chapter 9, McCall and his friends' ongoing feud with one group is interrupted by a new threat from where?
(a) Within the new housing development.
(b) Downtown.
(c) The new white junior high.
(d) Academy Park.

4. As the new kid in the black junior high school, McCall is introduced to the term "getting clean" which means what?
(a) Telling the truth.
(b) Letting go of false friends.
(c) Dressing in the coolest fads.
(d) Taking a bath.

5. During one of the clashes in Chapter 9, the police arrive and a boy by what name is killed?
(a) Dwight.
(b) Prairie Dog.
(c) Bimbo.
(d) Billy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Feeling the power of the gun after shooting at a gang chasing him, McCall goes home in Part I and almost confesses all he has done to whom?

2. At one point in Chapter 6, McCall describes "trains" as what?

3. In 1964, McCall and his family move into a new housing development called what?

4. McCall points out that eventually the young boys will give up their fist fighting in favor of what?

5. What year did McCall's mother begin her relationship with McCall's biological father?

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