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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 Sportcoat’s second best friend who makes King Kong?
(a) Ralph Harley.
(b) Ruger Harley.
(c) Rufus Harley.
(d) Roger Harley.

2. What move is Deems pondering in Chapter 7?
(a) Going to college.
(b) Leaving the drug trade.
(c) Returning to baseball.
(d) Finding a new supplier.

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

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

5. What is the real name of Sportcoat?
(a) Cuddy Jenkins Lambkin.
(b) Cully Jeffrey Lambkin.
(c) Cutty James Lambkin.
(d) Cuffy Jasper Lambkin.

6. What kind of car does Joe Peck drive, as revealed in Chapter 11?
(a) A Firebird.
(b) A Camaro.
(c) A GTO.
(d) A Mustang.

7. What is the real name of the Elephant?
(a) Theo Elefante.
(b) Timmy Elefante.
(c) Tommy Elefante.
(d) Tobias Elefante.

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. According to the narrator in Chapter 7, why do the ants arrive every year?
(a) For King Kong.
(b) For sweet meat.
(c) For Jesus’s cheese.
(d) For hot sausage.

10. According to the narrator in Chapter 3, what position had Deems once played?
(a) Pitcher.
(b) Outfielder.
(c) Infielder.
(d) Shortstop.

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

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

13. According to the Irishman in Chapter 5, what is the hidden object he has come to reclaim?
(a) The Venus of Galgenberg.
(b) The Venus of Willendorf.
(c) The Venus of Lespugue.
(d) The Venus of Brassempouy.

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

15. As Joe Peck reveals in Chapter 11, he needs help with a shipment coming from which country?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Syria.
(c) Israel.
(d) Lebanon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disgusts the Elephant about the changing neighborhood?

2. How does the Elephant learn about the shooting in Chapter 5?

3. Where does Sister Paul live, according to Rufus in Chapter 8?

4. According to Earl in Chapter 6, who should deal with the shooting?

5. Upon arriving at work in Chapter 4, Sportcoat becomes confused when he discovers what in his pocket?

(see the answer keys)

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