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

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 3, how long has Jet been undercover in Sportcoat’s neighborhood?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 7 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 1 year.

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

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

5. According to the narrator in Chapter 3, how many people witnessed the shooting?
(a) 8.
(b) 11.
(c) 21.
(d) 16.

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

7. Which individual is Earl reluctant to leave, as revealed in Chapter 6?
(a) The Elephant.
(b) Joe Peck.
(c) Deems.
(d) Bunch Moon.

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

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

10. 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.

11. For which individual does Officer Potts have an arrest warrant in Chapter 9?
(a) Theodore Ellis.
(b) Thomas Ellis.
(c) Tiberius Ellis.
(d) Thelonius Ellis.

12. What activity is interrupted by the arrival of the police in Chapter 9?
(a) Cheese distribution.
(b) Sunday services.
(c) A block party.
(d) Choir practice.

13. What issue consumes the Elephant at the start of Chapter 5?
(a) His boss.
(b) His childhood.
(c) His health.
(d) His loneliness.

14. How old is the Elephant, as revealed in Chapter 5?
(a) 30.
(b) 50.
(c) 20.
(d) 40.

15. According to the narrator in Chapter 3, what is the real name of Jet, the undercover officer working in Sportcoat’s neighborhood?
(a) Jetson Hardman.
(b) Jeffrey Hardman.
(c) Jackson Hardman.
(d) Jethro Hardman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what organization has Soup Lopez become a member, as revealed in Chapter 10?

2. Whom does Sportcoat shoot at the opening of the novel?

3. What kind of car does Joe Peck drive, as revealed in Chapter 11?

4. What do Sportcoat and Hot Sausage share, as revealed in Chapter 10?

5. According to the Irishman in Chapter 5, what is the hidden object he has come to reclaim?

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