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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 – Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disgusts the Elephant about the changing neighborhood?
(a) The emergence of drugs.
(b) The emergence of unemployment.
(c) The emergence of poverty.
(d) The emergence of crime.

2. How does the Elephant learn about the shooting in Chapter 5?
(a) From his neighbor.
(b) From his mother.
(c) From the news.
(d) From a cop.

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

4. 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 bird flew through the window.
(d) A mule died.

5. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, in what year did Sportcoat move to New York?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1949.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the Elephant, as revealed in Chapter 5?

2. What is the name of the church frequented by Sportcoat and many of his community?

3. What move is Deems pondering in Chapter 7?

4. What sport did Sportcoat once coach?

5. According to the Irishman in Chapter 5, how much is the hidden object worth?

(see the answer key)

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