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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: "An Improvement" - Chapter 11: "Eclipse".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what days of the week do the overseers drive the workers to the depot, according to the narrator in Chapter 9: “An Improvement”?
(a) Tuesdays and Thursdays.
(b) Tuesdays and Fridays.
(c) Saturdays and Sundays.
(d) Mondays and Wednesdays.

2. Who is described as Eddie's schoolteacher in Chapter 6: "Your Own Cord"?
(a) Mr. Gono.
(b) Mr. Arceneaux.
(c) Mr. Woods.
(d) Mrs. Sanders.

3. Whose back does Darlene caress when the minibus arrived at the farm in Chapter 7: “Who is Delicious?”
(a) Hammer's.
(b) Sirius's.
(c) Hannibal's.
(d) How's.

4. What is the name of the waitress who tends to Eddie at the diner off I-94 in the Prologue: "Little Muddy"?
(a) Sandy.
(b) Bethella.
(c) Marie.
(d) Anna.

5. What did Sirius want to study to become when he was young?
(a) An astronomer or meteorologist.
(b) A farmer or biologist.
(c) A rock climber.
(d) A teacher or historian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What performer does Eddie think of as they lower his father's casket into the ground in Chapter 5: “Show Us the Planets”?

2. How much does the narrator say a mini-bottle of Popov costs at the depot in Chapter 9: “An Improvement”?

3. Who is the woman that tries to sell Darlene on going to work on a farm in Chapter 4: "We Named the Goat"?

4. What is Eddie's last name?

5. What character is described in Chapter 9: “An Improvement” as keeping "a piece of paper under his hat and wrote down damn near every debt he got and every vegetable he done picked"?

(see the answer key)

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