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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Deems in Chapter 7, which individual is soon likely to begin using heroin?
(a) Sportcoat.
(b) Lightbulb.
(c) Deems.
(d) Beanie.

3. What weapon does Earl carry in Chapter 8?
(a) A crowbar.
(b) A pipe.
(c) A gun.
(d) A switchblade.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the band celebrating in Chapter 10?

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

4. According to Rufus in Chapter 8, who should accompany Sportcoat to see Sister Paul?

5. What is Sister Paul’s real name, as revealed in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the various residents of the Cause attempt to explain the shooting in Chapter 1?

2. Who is Hettie? What are the circumstances surrounding her death, as revealed in Chapter 1?

3. Who is Thelonius Ellis? What do we learn about him in Chapters 9 and 10?

4. How did the red ants come to the United States, as revealed in Chapter 7?

5. Who is Hot Sausage? What does he tell Sportcoat in Chapter 4? How does Sportcoat respond?

6. According to the narrator in Chapter 1, over what do Hettie and Sportcoat continue to argue, even after Hettie’s passing?

7. Who is Sister Paul? What information might she have for Sportcoat, as revealed in Chapter 8?

8. What personal information does the reader learn about the Elephant at the start of Chapter 5?

9. Who is Dominic and what does he give Sportcoat in Chapter 10?

10. What band is playing in Chapter 10? Why?

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