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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) Basketball.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Football.
(d) Wrestling.

2. 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) The missing Christmas Club money.
(d) His excessive drinking.

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

4. Upon arriving at work in Chapter 4, Sportcoat becomes confused when he discovers what in his pocket?
(a) A gun.
(b) A ball.
(c) A bottle of King Kong.
(d) Drugs.

5. Where does Sportcoat report to work in Chapter 4?
(a) Baker's Liquor Store.
(b) Perry's Liquor Store.
(c) Itkin’s Liquor Store.
(d) Anderson's Liquor Store.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the novel take place?

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, in what year did Sportcoat move to New York?

3. What is the name of Sportcoat’s son?

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

5. According to the narrator in Chapter 3, what is the real name of the character known as “Potts”?

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