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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. Upon meeting the Governor’s daughter in Chapter 13, what does the Elephant want to do?
(a) Run and hide.
(b) Pray to God.
(c) Laugh and cry.
(d) Start a new life with her.

2. According to Potts in Chapter 21, who had saved his life when he was a young officer?
(a) The Governor.
(b) Guido Elefante.
(c) Sportcoat.
(d) Joe Peck.

3. What is Haroldeen going to study in college, as revealed in Chapter 22?
(a) Accounting.
(b) Law.
(c) Dance.
(d) Poetry.

4. Who was the only other person to call the Elephant by his childhood nickname, as revealed in Chapter 13?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His brother.

5. According to the Governor in Chapter 13, who discovered the Venus?
(a) His brother Michael.
(b) His brother Mark.
(c) His brother Martin.
(d) His brother Macy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which person does Bunch tell Earl to get in Chapter 14?

2. With whom does Deems go on a date in Chapter 17?

3. Which individual has been arrested, according to Potts in Chapter 15?

4. Which individual does Lightbulb visit in Chapter 14?

5. Whose change in behavior worries Deems in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Joe Peck seek from the Elephant in Chapter 19?

2. Who goes to Five Ends Baptist in Chapter 25? What happens there?

3. What warning does Potts give to Sister Gee in Chapter 15? How does she react to this warning?

4. How does the relationship between Potts and Sister Gee continue to evolve in Chapter 15?

5. What happens to Bunch Moon in Chapter 22?

6. Briefly describe the relationship between Sportcoat and Mrs. Elefante, as seen in Chapter 16.

7. What plan does Bunch Moon hatch in Chapter 14? Why?

8. What happens when Hot Sausage interrupts Deems at the pier in Chapter 17?

9. What happens when Sportcoat visits Deems in Chapter 22?

10. What realizations does Sportcoat come to in Chapter 20? What does he decide to do in response?

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