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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Micky get Tonio to offer him his job in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) Tonio is afraid of what Micky can do to him.
(b) He blackmails Tonio.
(c) He gets Tonio to believe he will be sent back to Cordova.
(d) He convinces Tonio that he is his friend.

2. Why does Hugh go with Micky and Edward to Nellie's?
(a) They make him go.
(b) They laugh at him when he says he won't go.
(c) He hopes to find a woman there.
(d) He is curious.

3. Why does Solly take the train and the bus in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) He wants to experience the other side.
(b) He has no money.
(c) He does not want Maisie to feel badly by taking a carriage.
(d) Because he is with Maisie who is poor.

4. Why are the boys in detention in the Prologue of the book?
(a) They were boisterous in class.
(b) One of them was insubordinate.
(c) They swam in the watering hole.
(d) Someone stole money.

5. Why is Augusta having a tea party in Part I, Chapter 1?
(a) To keep Hugh from bettering himself.
(b) To get a loan for Micky's father.
(c) To show off her new house.
(d) To get Joseph voted Senior Partner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hugh tell Edward that his mother is looking for him?

2. Who is Solly Greenhouse's date at the Argyll Room?

3. Why does Mr. Offerton send Hugh to the schoolmaster's office when he sees him in the courtyard in the Prologue?

4. Why do Micky and Edward go to Nellie's in Part 1, Chapter 2?

5. In Part 1, Chapter 3, what job does Maisie find?

(see the answer key)

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