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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. Who smacks Eddie on the behind when he asks why his father has not been invited to the party in Chapter 5: “Show Us the Planets”?
(a) Jackie.
(b) How.
(c) Bethella.
(d) April.

2. What character is described in Chapter 9: “An Improvement” as keeping "a piece of paper under his hat and wrote down damn near every debt he got and every vegetable he done picked"?
(a) Sirius.
(b) Kippy.
(c) Hammer.
(d) Hannibal.

3. Who hands out the workers' pay in Chapter 9: “An Improvement”?
(a) Sirius.
(b) Hammer.
(c) How.
(d) Bethella.

4. What is the star called that is a diamond, according to Sirius in Chapter 9: “An Improvement”?
(a) BPM 29645.
(b) BPM 16542.
(c) BPM 37093.
(d) BPM 1010.

5. Where does Darlene get her first job after her husband dies?
(a) At a convenience store.
(b) At a children's daycare.
(c) At a school.
(d) At a bakery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Sirius living when he started a hip-hop group?

2. What is the name of the town where the workers are taken to the depot in Chapter 9: “An Improvement”?

3. Near what Louisiana city did Darlene grow up?

4. What does the narrator describe Darlene wearing as a belt in Chapter 12: “Obeah Juju"?

5. What did Sirius want to study to become when he was young?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the accommodations at Delicious Foods described?

2. Where does Tuck say Darlene had gone when speaking to Eddie in Chapter 10: “Drunken Bum Knows”?

3. How does the narrator describe the journey in the minivan when Darlene went to Delicious Foods?

4. Where does Darlene encounter Jackie? How does Jackie convince Darlene to get in the minivan?

5. When does Darlene first "meet" Scotty? How is this encounter described?

6. What encounter is described between Eddie and Nacho Vasquez in Chapter 6: “Your Own Cord”?

7. Why did Nat and Darlene move to Ovis? How is this setting described?

8. Where do Eddie and Tuck meet Jackie and how is this encounter described in Chapter 10: “Drunken Bum Knows”?

9. How did Darlene meet Nat?

10. What led to Darlene's teeth being knocked out in Chapter 1: “Braindancing”?

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