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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sport did Sportcoat once coach?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Wrestling.
(d) Football.

2. How much money does Hot Sausage offer Sportcoat to leave town in Chapter 4?
(a) $20.
(b) $50.
(c) $30.
(d) $5.

3. What is the name of Sportcoat’s late wife?
(a) Hattie.
(b) Hillie.
(c) Hettie.
(d) Hollie.

4. According to the narrator in Chapter 4, about what does Sportcoat mostly argue with his wife?
(a) His lack of faith.
(b) His sense of humor.
(c) His excessive drinking.
(d) The missing Christmas Club money.

5. Whom does Sportcoat shoot at the opening of the novel?
(a) Deems Carter.
(b) Deems Clemens.
(c) Deems Curry.
(d) Deems Clark.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the real name of Sportcoat?

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, what bad omen occurred at Sportcoat’s birth?

3. How does Sportcoat save Deems’s life in Chapter 3?

4. Upon arriving at work in Chapter 4, Sportcoat becomes confused when he discovers what in his pocket?

5. In what year did Sportcoat’s wife disappear, as revealed by the narrator in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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