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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. Where does Sportcoat report to work in Chapter 4?
(a) Perry's Liquor Store.
(b) Baker's Liquor Store.
(c) Itkin’s Liquor Store.
(d) Anderson's Liquor Store.

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, what bad omen occurred at Sportcoat’s birth?
(a) A mule died.
(b) A bird flew through the window.
(c) His mother dreamed of an elephant.
(d) A solar eclipse.

3. Where does the Governor live, as revealed in Chapter 11?
(a) Staten Island.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Queens.

4. Whom does Sportcoat shoot at the opening of the novel?
(a) Deems Clemens.
(b) Deems Carter.
(c) Deems Clark.
(d) Deems Curry.

5. Where does Irishman need the Elephant to transport an object, according to their conversation in Chapter 5?
(a) Albany International.
(b) LaGuardia Airport.
(c) Lake Placid.
(d) Kennedy Airport.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 3, how long has Jet been undercover in Sportcoat’s neighborhood?

3. Which person must not come to any harm, according to Deems in Chapter 7?

4. What was the name of the Elephant’s father, as revealed in Chapter 5?

5. Who employs the Elephant, as revealed in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How was Sportcoat’s childhood an unhappy one, as revealed in Chapter 2?

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

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

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