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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shocked Hettie about her New York home, as she reveals in Chapter 20?
(a) The lack of plants.
(b) The lack of hope.
(c) The lack of laughter.
(d) The lack of love.

2. Which dealer did Deems defeat in order to control the Cause, as revealed in Chapter 14?
(a) Mumps.
(b) Bumps.
(c) Dumps.
(d) Lumps.

3. What is Haroldeen going to study in college, as revealed in Chapter 22?
(a) Accounting.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Dance.
(d) Law.

4. According to Sister Paul in Chapter 24, the truck she had driven was full of what?
(a) Stolen shoes.
(b) Stolen jewels.
(c) Stolen televisions.
(d) Stolen cheese.

5. Where is Deems shot in Chapter 17?
(a) His leg.
(b) His arm.
(c) His ear.
(d) His foot.

6. Who had purchased the umpire uniform for Sportcoat years earlier, as revealed in Chapter 17?
(a) Sister Gee.
(b) Soup Lopez.
(c) Deems.
(d) Hettie.

7. Why does the Governor’s daughter briefly interrupt his meeting with the Elephant in Chapter 13?
(a) To give her father medicine.
(b) To clean.
(c) To take notes.
(d) To meet the Elephant.

8. According to Lightbulb in Chapter 14, Deems wants to work with which individual?
(a) Joe Peck.
(b) The Elephant.
(c) Officer Potts.
(d) Beanie.

9. According to the Elephant in Chapter 13, Guido believed that a man who does not trust cannot be what?
(a) Respected.
(b) Trusted.
(c) Honored.
(d) Loved.

10. According to Sportcoat in Chapter 17, Deems has the potential to be as successful as whom?
(a) Josh Gibson.
(b) Willie Mays.
(c) Satchel Paige.
(d) Jackie Robinson.

11. Which person does Bunch tell Earl to get in Chapter 14?
(a) Mr. Gorvino.
(b) The Elephant.
(c) Joe Peck.
(d) Harold Dean.

12. According to Sister Gee in Chapter 15, the people of the Cause do not need white cops to tell them about what?
(a) Danger.
(b) Hope.
(c) Crime.
(d) Loneliness.

13. According to the Governor in Chapter 13, who is going to buy the Venus?
(a) An Australian collector.
(b) An African collector.
(c) A South American collector.
(d) A European collector.

14. What item of clothing marks Lightbulb as a heroin user in Chapter 14?
(a) His missing shoelaces.
(b) His dark sunglasses.
(c) His long sleeves.
(d) His loose pants.

15. According to Hettie in Chapter 26, when will Sportcoat no longer see her?
(a) When he is sober.
(b) When her garden is planted.
(c) When the Christmas Club money is found.
(d) When Pudgy Fingers is cared for.

Short Answer Questions

1. The arrival of the officers in Chapter 18 interrupts what gathering?

2. In Chapter 20, Sportcoat realized that he always chose alcohol over what?

3. According to Haroldeen in Chapter 22, she is finished doing what?

4. What stolen product is the Elephant moving in Chapter 19?

5. What is Hot Sausage wearing in Chapter 17?

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