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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. The brawl in Chapter 10 is started when Izi throws what object?
(a) An ashtray.
(b) A guitar.
(c) A bottle of liquor.
(d) A shoe.

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

3. How is Earl injured in Chapter 12?
(a) He is electrocuted.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He falls from a window.
(d) He is suffocated.

4. Where does Sister Paul live, according to Rufus in Chapter 8?
(a) Red Hook.
(b) Bensonhurst.
(c) Mapleton.
(d) Sunset Park.

5. Of what organization has Soup Lopez become a member, as revealed in Chapter 10?
(a) The Black Panthers.
(b) The Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
(c) The Nation of Islam.
(d) The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Sportcoat’s wife disappear, as revealed by the narrator in Chapter 1?

2. According to Sister Gee in Chapter 9, which individual should be arrested?

3. As Joe Peck reveals in Chapter 11, he needs help with a shipment coming from which country?

4. What is the real name of the Elephant?

5. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, at what age did Sportcoat become an alcoholic?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Rufus? What does the reader learn about him in Chapter 8?

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

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

4. How did Deems become a drug dealer, as revealed in Chapter 7? What was the result?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What happens between Officer Potts and Sister Gee in Chapter 9?

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