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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. Before going to the Brewitts, what does Buddy do for two days?
(a) Visits Nora.
(b) Spys on his kids.
(c) Bums around.
(d) Plays music.

2. Why does Webb agree to look for Buddy?
(a) Because he's in love with Nora.
(b) Because it's his job.
(c) Because they're friends.
(d) Because he owes Buddy.

3. Where does Robin tell Webb Buddy is?
(a) He's on the boat.
(b) She'd never met him.
(c) He has gone away.
(d) He went home.

4. When Webb and Buddy were first friends, Buddy was ____.
(a) 17.
(b) 25.
(c) 32.
(d) 12.

5. Buddy walks his kids to school by ____ AM.
(a) Seven.
(b) Nine.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Webb finally come to see Buddy play?

2. Where will most of the clues to Buddy's whereabouts come from?

3. ______"Buddy" Bolden is the protagonist of "Coming Through Slaughter."

4. At the end of Buddy's day what does he do?

5. When Webb and Buddy were first friends, Webb was ____.

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Buddy and Webb have in common? In what ways do they approach life similarly?

2. How does the narrative style reflect Buddy's music?

3. Why does Buddy return to the Brewitts at the end of Chapter 1?

4. Why does Ondaatje use the historical references of Bricktop Jackson, "One-Legged Duffy," Rich, Olivia the Oyster Dancer, and French Emma?

5. What is the effect of Ondaatje's sentence structures?

6. Who does Buddy care about more: Nora or Robin?

7. Why did Buddy and Webb's dynamic change?

8. How do Buddy and Webb approach life differently?

9. What is thematically significant about Crawley's interview?

10. What does Buddy's world look like?

(see the answer keys)

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