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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 is different about his meeting with Runt after her night's work in Chapter 7?
(a) She is not drunk.
(b) She came home on time.
(c) She has worked well and earned enough money.
(d) She has dyed her hair.

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

3. Who identifies Poison for Blood?
(a) Pretty Boy Junior.
(b) Runt.
(c) Sweet Jones.
(d) Pretty Preston.

4. For their first "formal" meeting, how does Glass Top introduce Blood to Sweet Jones?
(a) With a joke.
(b) As his nephew.
(c) As his son.
(d) From his car.

5. What is the time span of Chapter 7?
(a) One work week.
(b) One "working" day.
(c) 24 hours.
(d) Three hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Blood come to view Sweet Jones?

2. What does Blood do first upon waking up in Chapter 7?

3. Where does Blood meet Runt?

4. What is Poison doing the first time Blood sees him?

5. How long does Bobby spend in Reformatory?

Short Essay Questions

1. Steve is never given a last name. What might be some reasons for this in the author's mind?

2. In what two ways does Pepper influence Blood?

3. In Chapter 4, what might be described as the final exam for graduation to full pimp status for Blood?

4. Did Blood's "pep talk" (beating) at the end of Chapter 6 have an effect on Runt in Chapter 7?

5. Why does Runt's failure to return after the wire beating prompt Blood to think about calling Mama in Chapter 11?

6. Thinking about the content and purpose of Chapter 5 in the story, what does the title "The Jungle Fauna" mean? What or where is the Jungle? What or who is the fauna? (When thinking about the Jungle, remember the title of Chapter 2, "First Steps into the Jungle.")

7. Bobby accepts the invitation to attend Tuskegee University initially and only leaves when kicked out for bad behavior. How is Bobby's decision to attend college indicative of his frame of mind at this age?

8. Apart from a beating, what does Sweet Jones provide for Blood during their first meeting?

9. Why do Blood and Sweet Jones never discuss their differing opinions on white society?

10. How does the incident with Melody provide a metaphor for Blood's relationship with and attitude towards the white world?

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