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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Buddy and Robin feel life will be like without each other?
(a) They think they'll die.
(b) They think they'll find each other again.
(c) They know they'll be okay.
(d) They know they'll go crazy.

2. How does Nora originally respond to Pickett and Buddy's brawl?
(a) She joins in.
(b) She calls the police.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She scolds them.

3. In one nightmare, what happens to Buddy's hand?
(a) It talks to him.
(b) It's stolen.
(c) It changes color.
(d) He tries to cut it off.

4. Crawley is a ______.
(a) Musician.
(b) Fireman.
(c) Judge.
(d) Painter.

5. Why does Bellocq burn down his house?
(a) To hide evidence.
(b) To upset Webb.
(c) To kill himself.
(d) To start over.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bellocq set on fire?

2. Buddy remembers the first morning on the boat and seeing Robin half naked fetching _____.

3. How does Dude Botley describe Buddy?

4. Bellocq realizes he has tempted Buddy to "the edge of _______."

5. The neighborhoods in "Coming Through Slaughter" have notorious stories of gamblers, prostitutes, and _______.

(see the answer key)

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