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

2. In Chapter 8, Blake lies in bed, thinking about a dream in which Beth complained about him doing what?
(a) Cheating on her.
(b) Staying in Mangel.
(c) Beating someone up.
(d) Killing her.

3. Who awakens Blake by banging on his front door in the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Baz.
(b) Jess.
(c) Lee.
(d) Mandy.

4. On whom does Blake demonstrate how he head-butts an opponent in Chapter 1?
(a) Knuckles.
(b) Lee Munton.
(c) Legs.
(d) Nathan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a literary style, most commonly associated with detective stories, distinguished by the unsentimental portrayal of violence and sex?

2. What did Blake do to one of the underage girls he let into the club in his flashback in Chapter 4?

3. In Chapter 5, Blake confronts Baz on a path by what?

4. Chapter 8 begins with a morning call to Blake from whom?

5. Lee tells Blake that the Munton brothers want his help in robbing who in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Blake and Sally call one another in their fight in Chapter 3?

2. What does Nathan demand when Blake returns to the Paul Pry in Chapter 5?

3. What foreshadowing takes place at the Paul Pry in Chapter 1?

4. How does the robbery begin in Chapter 10?

5. What does Blake do to protect Fenton during the robbery in Chapter 10?

6. What does Blake ask Sally when he sees her in Chapter 3? What is her reaction?

7. Why are the Muntons pursuing Blake in Chapter 4? What foreshadowing is used in this chapter?

8. What is described in the news article which opens the book? To whose point of view does the narrative switch after the article?

9. What leads up to Blake's injuring Leggsy in the bar in Chapter 1?

10. Who does Blake encounter while attempting to hide Baz's body in Chapter 5? What does Blake do?

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