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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 7, when do the ants arrive every year?
(a) Each spring.
(b) Each summer.
(c) Each winter.
(d) Each fall.

3. What is the name of Sportcoat’s late wife?
(a) Hettie.
(b) Hattie.
(c) Hollie.
(d) Hillie.

4. According to the narrator in Chapter 3, what is the real name of the character known as “Potts”?
(a) Kevin Martin.
(b) Kevin Moore.
(c) Kevin Mullen.
(d) Kevin Miller.

5. Who employs the Elephant, as revealed in Chapter 11?
(a) The Genovese crime family.
(b) The Gorvino crime family.
(c) The Colombo crime family.
(d) The Gambino crime family.

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

7. According to the narrator in Chapter 7, in what year did the ants originally come to America?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1941.

8. Who cleans up after the brawl in Chapter 10?
(a) Sister Gee.
(b) Pudgy Fingers.
(c) Sportcoat.
(d) Hot Sausage.

9. According to Rufus in Chapter 8, Sister Paul might be able to help Sportcoat do what?
(a) Strengthen his faith.
(b) Make peace with Hettie.
(c) Help Sportcoat get sober.
(d) Find the missing Christmas Club money.

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

11. With what is Earl knocked out in Chapter 10?
(a) An iron.
(b) A rock.
(c) A baseball bat.
(d) A bottle of brandy.

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

13. What activity does Earl enjoy doing?
(a) Knitting.
(b) Macrame.
(c) Crossword puzzles.
(d) Painting.

14. Of what organization has Soup Lopez become a member, as revealed in Chapter 10?
(a) The Black Panthers.
(b) The Nation of Islam.
(c) The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
(d) The Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

15. Which local criminal runs the drug operation at the Cause?
(a) Harold Dean.
(b) Earl.
(c) The Elephant.
(d) Bunch Moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Elephant fear his employers are losing trust in him?

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 3, where is Deems shot?

3. Which individual is Earl reluctant to leave, as revealed in Chapter 6?

4. What issue consumes the Elephant at the start of Chapter 5?

5. What is the name of Sportcoat’s second best friend who makes King Kong?

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