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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 has Julian apparently humiliated?
(a) Ed
(b) Al
(c) Harry
(d) Irma

2. What is the reason Ed cannot go to the Stage Coach Inn tonight?
(a) He has the flu
(b) He got a flat tire
(c) His son broke his arm
(d) His car is broken

3. From what disease is William English's father assumed to have suffered?
(a) Heart disease
(b) Alcoholism
(c) Diabetes
(d) Cancer

4. Who is Helene Holman?
(a) Caroline's sorority sister
(b) A singer at the Stage Coach Inn
(c) Irma's best friend
(d) Lute's sister

5. What are the people in the room doing?
(a) Playing cards
(b) Having dinner
(c) Playing billiards
(d) Drinking

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lute ask Irma if he has to wear?

2. Who wakes his wife as the story begins?

3. What do both Julian and Caroline get from the Englishes?

4. Where do Julian and Caroline go today?

5. What is William English's religious affiliation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Julian's father.

2. How does the author show that Lute and Irma have a good relationship?

3. Explain how Julian's alcohol problem is escalating despite his attempts to act normally.

4. Explain how alcohol can be both a positive and a negative for Ed Charney.

5. How does the author contrast Lute Fliegler to Julian English in this chapter?

6. What is ironic about Julian's offense toward Harry Reilly?

7. What is the impact of Julian's inappropriate behavior with Helene?

8. What comment does Lute make that is foreshadowing for an upcoming event?

9. Explain the inner workings of status in the mob.

10. Why is Gibbsville not enjoying the boom time with the rest of America in 1930?

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