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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Shorty willing to do for money?
(a) Put himself in danger
(b) Anything
(c) Demean himself
(d) Perform

2. Why does Ella have to stop work?
(a) She is pregnant
(b) She wants to spend more time with her children
(c) She has won the lottery
(d) She is ill

3. How does Griggs know Richard?
(a) He is an ex colleague
(b) He is a former classmate
(c) His is a cousin
(d) He is an old housemate

4. What kind of hat do the two boys knock off Richard's head?
(a) A bowler hat
(b) A top hat
(c) A baseball hat
(d) A straw hat

5. Why does Granny refuse to pay for Richard's school books?
(a) They are too worldly
(b) They are too expensive
(c) They are too fun
(d) They are sinful

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following do the gangs not use as weapons?

2. What is the title of the short story that Richard writes?

3. Why do Pease and Reynolds refuse to train Richard on the optic machines?

4. What city does Alan move to?

5. Who does RIchard say is the person who encourages him to keep writing?

(see the answer key)

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