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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. How much money does Hot Sausage offer Sportcoat to leave town in Chapter 4?
(a) $30.
(b) $20.
(c) $50.
(d) $5.

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

3. What do Sportcoat and Hot Sausage share, as revealed in Chapter 10?
(a) A driver’s license.
(b) A birthday.
(c) A car.
(d) A home.

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

5. What is the name of the plant desired by Mrs. Elefante in Chapter 11?
(a) Knotweed.
(b) Hogweed.
(c) Milkweed.
(d) Pokeweed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dominic give Sportcoat in Chapter 10?

2. How is Earl injured in Chapter 12?

3. According to the Irishman in Chapter 5, where is this object hidden?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the Governor, and what does he ask of the Elephant in Chapter 5?

2. How does Jet influence the shooting that occurs at the start of the novel?

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

4. What does Joe Peck ask the Elephant in Chapter 11? How does the Elephant respond? Why?

5. How does Sportcoat both hurt and help Deems in Chapter 3?

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

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

8. What various misfortunes have befallen Sportcoat, as explained by the narrator in Chapter 2?

9. Who is Bunch Moon? What does he think about Deems in Chapter 6?

10. What starts the brawl in Chapter 10?

(see the answer keys)

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