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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. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, where was Sportcoat born?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Georgia.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) North Carolina.

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, what bad omen occurred at Sportcoat’s birth?
(a) His mother dreamed of an elephant.
(b) A bird flew through the window.
(c) A mule died.
(d) A solar eclipse.

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

4. What is the real name of the Elephant?
(a) Tobias Elefante.
(b) Theo Elefante.
(c) Timmy Elefante.
(d) Tommy Elefante.

5. What is the real name of Sportcoat?
(a) Cuddy Jenkins Lambkin.
(b) Cully Jeffrey Lambkin.
(c) Cuffy Jasper Lambkin.
(d) Cutty James Lambkin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Sportcoat’s late wife?

2. Whom does Sportcoat shoot at the opening of the novel?

3. According to the narrator in Chapter 4, about what does Sportcoat mostly argue with his wife?

4. In what year does the novel take place?

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

(see the answer key)

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