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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator in Chapter 7, from where did the ants originally come?
(a) Colombia.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Argentina.
(d) Peru.

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

3. Why does the Elephant fear his employers are losing trust in him?
(a) Because he moves goods more slowly than others.
(b) Because he shows signs of wanting to leave the business entirely.
(c) Because he is getting older.
(d) Because he refuses to engage in the drug trade.

4. The brawl in Chapter 10 is started when Izi throws what object?
(a) An ashtray.
(b) A bottle of liquor.
(c) A shoe.
(d) A guitar.

5. According to Rufus in Chapter 8, who should accompany Sportcoat to see Sister Paul?
(a) Sister Gee.
(b) Hettie.
(c) Hot Sausage.
(d) Deems.

6. What is the name of the church frequented by Sportcoat and many of his community?
(a) Five Ends Baptist.
(b) Five Saints Baptist.
(c) Five Worlds Baptist.
(d) Five Corners Baptist.

7. From where in Italy does the Elefante family come?
(a) Bologna.
(b) Padua.
(c) Milan.
(d) Genoa.

8. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, at what age did Sportcoat become an alcoholic?
(a) 20.
(b) 18.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

9. What is the name of Deems’s cousin, who taught him how to profit from heroin?
(a) Possum.
(b) Fox.
(c) Bobcat.
(d) Rooster.

10. According to Sportcoat in Chapter 12, what has been placed on him?
(a) A curse.
(b) A mojo.
(c) A jinx.
(d) A hex.

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

12. According to Deems in Chapter 7, which individual is soon likely to begin using heroin?
(a) Beanie.
(b) Lightbulb.
(c) Deems.
(d) Sportcoat.

13. What is liquor, according to Soup in Chapter 10?
(a) The white man's blight.
(b) The white man's corruption.
(c) The white man’s poison.
(d) The white man's curse.

14. How is Earl injured in Chapter 12?
(a) He is suffocated.
(b) He is electrocuted.
(c) He is shot.
(d) He falls from a window.

15. Where does the Governor live, as revealed in Chapter 11?
(a) Queens.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Staten Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which local criminal runs the drug operation at the Cause?

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

3. What is the name of the plant desired by Mrs. Elefante in Chapter 11?

4. What does Dominic give Sportcoat in Chapter 10?

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

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