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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Blood runs away from her, Melody is in a position to do what Pepper once did to Blood, hence his fear. What is it?
(a) She will work for another pimp.
(b) She can tell on him to his other prositututes.
(c) She can falsely accuse him of theft.
(d) She will pretend to get pregnant.

2. After Pepper gets Blood sent to jail on false charges, Blood takes advantage of a different kind of education. What does Blood learn in jail?
(a) How to con a rich man.
(b) What he could have done at University.
(c) All the tips and tricks of a successful pimp.
(d) Getting started as a successful drug dealer.

3. What does Sweet Jones say that he hates about Blood during their first formal meeting?
(a) Blood's clothes.
(b) Blood's attitude towards pimping.
(c) Blood's constant grinning.
(d) Blood's attitude towarrds him (Sweet Jones).

4. Blood is still very new at the pimping game and has to constantly remind himself of what?
(a) Who the biggest pimp in town is.
(b) What he must do to keep Runt happy.
(c) What the other pimps said in jail.
(d) How to keep his cool.

5. What reality of racial prejudice in the legal system is Blood faced with after his encounter with Melody?
(a) White people don't usually break the law.
(b) A black man cannot have sex with a white woman.
(c) A white person's word will always be believed over a black person's.
(d) Black people will always get a fair trial.

6. Sweet Jones saves Blood from getting "bested" by which prostitute?
(a) Red Ginger.
(b) Red Cora.
(c) Blue Shirl.
(d) Black Dora.

7. Who is Chris's husband?
(a) Lance.
(b) Freddie.
(c) Leroy.
(d) Carl.

8. Before sending Runt out for her first night of work for him, what does Blood tell her?
(a) His rules for prostitution.
(b) His ideas of what men like.
(c) He loves her.
(d) He has a present for her.

9. Bobby now has a new street name, Macking Youngblood or "Blood". Who gives Blood this name?
(a) Diamond Cat.
(b) Golden Jive.
(c) Iceberg Slim.
(d) Weeping Shorty.

10. Where are young Bobby and his Mama living when Henry Upshaw comes into their lives?
(a) Indianapolis.
(b) Rockford.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Tennessee.

11. In later life, Bobby is told that being a pimp demands a certain personality trait. What is it?
(a) Natural inclination towards violence.
(b) Addiction to sexual relations with women.
(c) Disrespect for women.
(d) Innate desire to hurt or kill his mother.

12. What does Blood do in reaction to Runt's story about her night of work (back in Chapter 8)?
(a) Takes care of her.
(b) Pays off the police.
(c) Sends her back out to work.
(d) Beats her.

13. What does Blood do first upon waking up in Chapter 7?
(a) Abuse Runt.
(b) Eat breakfast.
(c) Get high.
(d) Get drunk.

14. Party Time gets busted for the con he runs with Bobby, but Bobby doesn't go to jail with him. Why not?
(a) Bobby rats out Party Time.
(b) Party Time can't produce evidence to convict Bobby.
(c) Party Time does not give his name to the police.
(d) Bobby runs away before the police can catch him.

15. While Blood is sitting in his parked car outside the Roost, Pretty Preston jumps in and tells Blood what he plans to do to Sweet Jones for revenge. What is it?
(a) Steal his car.
(b) Shoot him in the head.
(c) Stab him in the back.
(d) Steal three of his prostitutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Blood beat Runt after her first night of work?

2. After returning home from University, Bobby takes advantage of Mama's frequent absence from home and becomes friends with who?

3. For their first "formal" meeting, how does Glass Top introduce Blood to Sweet Jones?

4. According to the psychiatrists, why did Bobby choose to become a pimp?

5. What is different about his meeting with Runt after her night's work in Chapter 7?

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