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

2. With which church member does Officer Potts have an immediate connection, as seen in Chapter 9?
(a) Sister Paul.
(b) Bum-Bum.
(c) Sister Gee.
(d) Izi Cordero.

3. According to Rufus in Chapter 8, Sister Paul might be able to help Sportcoat do what?
(a) Make peace with Hettie.
(b) Help Sportcoat get sober.
(c) Strengthen his faith.
(d) Find the missing Christmas Club money.

4. Where does the first chapter of the novel take place?
(a) The Parkway Housing Projects.
(b) The Throughway Housing Projects.
(c) The Causeway Housing Projects.
(d) The Freeway Housing Projects.

5. Why does the Elephant fear his employers are losing trust in him?
(a) Because he refuses to engage in the drug trade.
(b) Because he moves goods more slowly than others.
(c) Because he shows signs of wanting to leave the business entirely.
(d) Because he is getting older.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of his belongings does Sportcoat request from Hot Sausage?

2. How does Sportcoat save Deems’s life in Chapter 3?

3. According to Deems in Chapter 7, which individual is soon likely to begin using heroin?

4. According to the narrator in Chapter 7, when do the ants arrive every year?

5. The brawl in Chapter 10 is started when Izi throws what object?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Deems? What information does the reader learn about him in Chapter 3?

2. Who is Jet and what important information has he learned about the Cause, as revealed in Chapter 3?

3. What fear does the Elephant have in Chapter 11? Why does he feel this way?

4. What happens to Earl in Chapter 12? How is this situation resolved?

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

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

7. Who is Earl? What reservations does he have, as revealed in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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