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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) Crossword puzzles.
(d) Knitting.
2. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, what bad omen occurred at Sportcoat’s birth?
(a) His mother dreamed of an elephant.
(b) A solar eclipse.
(c) A bird flew through the window.
(d) A mule died.
3. What issue consumes the Elephant at the start of Chapter 5?
(a) His boss.
(b) His loneliness.
(c) His childhood.
(d) His health.
4. What does Dominic give Sportcoat in Chapter 10?
(a) A potion.
(b) A crystal.
(c) A doll.
(d) A necklace.
5. Which of his belongings does Sportcoat request from Hot Sausage?
(a) His umpire uniform.
(b) His savings.
(c) His wedding ring.
(d) His keys.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who cleans up after the brawl in Chapter 10?
2. Where does Sister Paul live, according to Rufus in Chapter 8?
3. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, at what age did Sportcoat become an alcoholic?
4. According to the Irishman in Chapter 5, how much is the hidden object worth?
5. According to the narrator in Chapter 3, what position had Deems once played?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Thelonius Ellis? What do we learn about him in Chapters 9 and 10?
2. Who is Hettie? What are the circumstances surrounding her death, as revealed in Chapter 1?
3. Who is Deems? What information does the reader learn about him in Chapter 3?
4. What personal information does the reader learn about the Elephant at the start of Chapter 5?
5. Who is Hot Sausage? What does he tell Sportcoat in Chapter 4? How does Sportcoat respond?
6. Who is Earl? What reservations does he have, as revealed in Chapter 6?
7. How was Sportcoat’s childhood an unhappy one, as revealed in Chapter 2?
8. Who is Bunch Moon? What does he think about Deems in Chapter 6?
9. According to the narrator in Chapter 1, over what do Hettie and Sportcoat continue to argue, even after Hettie’s passing?
10. What does Joe Peck ask the Elephant in Chapter 11? How does the Elephant respond? Why?
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