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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. In what Houston neighborhood does Eddie live with his mother when she goes missing in Chapter 6: "Your Own Cord"?
(a) The Third Ward.
(b) The Sixth Ward.
(c) The Ninth Ward.
(d) The Fifth Ward.

2. What is the name of the bum that Eddie meets who gives him a lead on his mother's whereabouts in Chapter 10: "Drunken Bum Knows"?
(a) Hannibal.
(b) Kippy.
(c) Tuckahoe Joe.
(d) Hammer.

3. Who is Bethella's husband that died from a bad heart?
(a) Horace.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Clyde.
(d) Fremont.

4. What does Scotty describe the crack cocaine having been cut with in Chapter 7: “Who is Delicious?”
(a) Tylenol.
(b) Levamisole.
(c) Prednisone.
(d) Battery acid.

5. What does Eddie's mother throw at his face and bruise him in the year after his father died in Chapter 5: “Show Us the Planets”?
(a) A half-inflated basketball.
(b) A rolling pin.
(c) A liquor bottle.
(d) A high-heeled shoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sparkplug die from?

2. Whose number does Darlene give to Sirius when he flees the farm in Chapter 9: “An Improvement”?

3. At what time every day are the workers on the farm paid, according to the narrator in Chapter 9: “An Improvement”?

4. What is the name of Darlene and Eddie's landlord in Chapter 6: "Your Own Cord"?

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"?

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