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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hogan own?
(a) A casino
(b) A pool room
(c) A snooker room
(d) A baseball park

2. What is Socrates sick with?
(a) Glandular fever
(b) Food poisoning
(c) Measles
(d) Intestinal flu

3. What does Darryl feed Socrates?
(a) Toast
(b) Steak
(c) Broth
(d) Soup

4. What is Burke dying of?
(a) Cancer
(b) The measles
(c) AIDS
(d) Old age

5. Who has Socrates been unable to call because of his illness?
(a) Iula's Diner
(b) His girlfriend
(c) Darryl
(d) His job

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Socrates' boss?

2. Who does Socrates want Darryl to confront?

3. Where is Socrates when the police arrest him?

4. What reminds Socrates of his aunt?

5. What does Socrates watch on his television?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the novel.

2. Why does the ocean remind Socrates of his aunt?

3. What do Socrates and Right do at Dilley's

4. How does this chapter show that sometimes violence is necessary?

5. How did the bookshop change Socrates?

6. What does Socrates think about the dog paw prints around him when he wakes up on the beach?

7. How does Socrates talk Right out of killing himself with a gun?

8. What does Socrates tell Theresa in his letter to her?

9. How does Socrates stop Philip and his two friends from hurting Darryl?

10. How does Darryl react when Socrates takes him to live with the MacDaniels?

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