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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sally complain everyone calls her in town in Chapter 6?
(a) A tease.
(b) A skank.
(c) A wench.
(d) A slapper.

2. How did Blake's wife die?
(a) A knife wound.
(b) A gunshot wound.
(c) A fire.
(d) Cancer.

3. Who is the eldest of the Munton brothers?
(a) Baz.
(b) Jess.
(c) Mandy.
(d) Lee.

4. What does Blake call Sally, meaning a loose woman in Chapter 3?
(a) Spanker.
(b) Slapper.
(c) Scooper.
(d) Smoocher.

5. What is Fenton holding in his lap when Blake and the Munton brothers enter in Chapter 10?
(a) A magazine.
(b) Photographs.
(c) A knife.
(d) A shotgun.

6. What does Blake smash Baz in the face with in Chapter 5?
(a) A hammer.
(b) A stick.
(c) A rock.
(d) A wrench.

7. What does Blake order at the Paul Pry in Chapter 4?
(a) A meat pie and chips.
(b) Pasta and bread.
(c) Blood pudding and beer.
(d) Eel pie with capers.

8. What was the name of Blake's wife?
(a) Mandy.
(b) Sally.
(c) Beth.
(d) Rachel.

9. Who was a criminal with a good mind for business who started Hoppers and turned it into a bar popular throughout the region?
(a) Tommy Munton.
(b) Lee Munton.
(c) Baz Munton.
(d) Mandy Munton.

10. What is the name of Blake's favorite drinking spot?
(a) The Eagles Nest.
(b) The Paul Pry.
(c) Biffords Lounge.
(d) The Rat Hole.

11. What refers to a literary style, most commonly associated with detective stories, distinguished by the unsentimental portrayal of violence and sex?
(a) Hardboiled crime fiction.
(b) Hardcore crime drama.
(c) Creative nonfiction.
(d) Postmodern crime thriller.

12. Where does Blake go to drink and watch television after leaving work in Chapter 4?
(a) Leggsy's flat.
(b) Finney's flat.
(c) The Paul Pry.
(d) Hoppers.

13. Why did Blake call his wife on the night that Hoppers burned down?
(a) He was at the police station.
(b) His car wouldn't start.
(c) He was in a fight.
(d) He lost his keys.

14. Who does Fin say is after Blake in Chapter 2?
(a) Dan Draper.
(b) The Russian mob.
(c) The Muntons.
(d) The police.

15. What does Lee hit Fenton with, knocking him off his chair, in Chapter 10?
(a) A lamp.
(b) A pistol.
(c) His boot.
(d) Brass knuckles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Blake's wife when she died?

2. Who does Blake see at the gym in Chapter 8?

3. Who is the sister of the Munton clan?

4. In Chapter 8, Blake thinks about a robbery done long ago by Legs, Finney and himself, at the house of an old lady whom they discovered kept what in the upstairs bedroom?

5. What is the name of the establishment where Blake works as head doorman?

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