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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 is Sister Paul’s real name, as revealed in Chapter 8?
(a) Paula Chicksaw.
(b) Pauline Chicksaw.
(c) Pauletta Chicksaw.
(d) Paulina Chicksaw.

2. Where does Earl wake up in Chapter 10?
(a) Church.
(b) The subway.
(c) Bunch Moon's headquarters.
(d) His home.

3. What is the name of the officer who arrests Jet after the shooting?
(a) Potts.
(b) Putts.
(c) Pitts.
(d) Petts.

4. What is the name of the band playing at the start of Chapter 10?
(a) Los Suaves.
(b) Los Soñadores.
(c) Los Planetas.
(d) Los Lobos.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in Chapter 7, in what year did the ants originally come to America?

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, where was Sportcoat born?

3. What knocks Earl unconscious in Chapter 8?

4. What is the name of Sportcoat’s best friend, as revealed in Chapter 1?

5. What does Dominic give Sportcoat in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Earl in Chapter 10? How is this situation resolved?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is a mojo? How is the word “mojo” a fitting title for Chapter 12?

(see the answer keys)

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