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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Irishman who recently visited the Elephant, as revealed in Chapter 5?
(a) Driscoll Sturgess.
(b) Douglas Sturgess.
(c) Desmond Sturgess.
(d) Duane Sturgess.

2. What literary device is used in the phrase, “fluttering around his awakened heart like butterflies” (117)?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Simile.
(d) Irony.

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

4. What knocks Earl unconscious in Chapter 8?
(a) A book.
(b) A baseball.
(c) A rock.
(d) A statue.

5. Where does Earl wake up in Chapter 10?
(a) Bunch Moon's headquarters.
(b) The subway.
(c) Church.
(d) His home.

6. Which person must not come to any harm, according to Deems in Chapter 7?
(a) Pudgy Fingers.
(b) Sister Gee.
(c) Sportcoat.
(d) Beanie.

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

8. Where does the first chapter of the novel take place?
(a) The Freeway Housing Projects.
(b) The Throughway Housing Projects.
(c) The Causeway Housing Projects.
(d) The Parkway Housing Projects.

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

10. For what does the Elephant yearn at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) A way out of the city.
(b) A means to retire.
(c) Someone to love him.
(d) Better health.

11. According to Sportcoat in Chapter 12, with whom is he really arguing all the time?
(a) A demon.
(b) A witch.
(c) A ghost.
(d) Himself.

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

13. What is the name of Sportcoat’s second best friend who makes King Kong?
(a) Ralph Harley.
(b) Rufus Harley.
(c) Ruger Harley.
(d) Roger Harley.

14. According to Sister Gee in Chapter 9, which individual should be arrested?
(a) Sportcoat.
(b) Deems.
(c) Earl.
(d) Joe Peck.

15. What is the name of Sportcoat’s son?
(a) Tubby Fingers.
(b) Pudgy Fingers.
(c) Chubby Fingers.
(d) Chunky Fingers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Hot Sausage offer Sportcoat to leave town in Chapter 4?

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 7, in what year did the ants originally come to America?

3. What does Deems want his crew to watch for in Chapter 7?

4. According to Deems in Chapter 7, which individual is soon likely to begin using heroin?

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

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