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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Darlene obtain Bethella's phone number?
(a) From Mrs. Henderson.
(b) From Bethella's old pastor.
(c) From Bethella's ex-husband.
(d) From Bethella's old postman.

2. What sentence does Sextus receive at the end of his trial?
(a) 15 years in prison.
(b) Five years in prison.
(c) Ten years in prison.
(d) 29 years in prison.

3. What is the name of Sextus's ill wife in the novel?
(a) Michelle.
(b) April.
(c) Elmunda.
(d) Jackie.

4. Darlene is accused of staying at Delicious for what two reasons in Chapter 26: "Chronicle"?
(a) Greed and money.
(b) Money and love.
(c) Crack and Sextus.
(d) Desperation and neglect.

5. What does Eddie tell Sexton the biggest thing he has ever fixed is when Sexton meets him at the barn in Chapter 16: "Summerton"?
(a) A tractor.
(b) A roof.
(c) A TV.
(d) A car.

6. What does How give to Eddie to put on his mother's wounds in Chapter 20: “Doing Nothing”?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Iodine.
(c) Lemon juice.
(d) Pork rinds.

7. The narrator says in Chapter 16: "Summerton" that How claims to have fined a worker $400 once for taking a bite from what crop that was being harvested?
(a) Apples.
(b) Limes.
(c) Green beans.
(d) Sweet potatoes.

8. Where does How supposedly hitchhike after the escape?
(a) Juarez.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Montreal.
(d) New York.

9. Where does Darlene get a waitressing job after she moves in Chapter 28: "Almost Home"?
(a) Ramone's.
(b) Dario's.
(c) Darcy's.
(d) Quincy's.

10. Whose fingers are shot off when Darlene attacks Sextus in Chapter 24: “Scotty is Surprised”?
(a) Hammer's.
(b) Sextus's.
(c) TT's.
(d) Darlene's.

11. How old is Jed when the news story is released about his parents?
(a) Six.
(b) Eight.
(c) Four.
(d) 12.

12. Who fires the first warning shot into the air in Chapter 23: “Gators”?
(a) Michelle.
(b) Jackie.
(c) Sextus.
(d) How.

13. Who escapes in the minivan in Chapter 24: “Scotty is Surprised”?
(a) How.
(b) Sextus.
(c) Hammer.
(d) Jackie.

14. For what fanzine does Javis work when he begins interviewing Sirius?
(a) Charts.
(b) Fresh.
(c) New Wave.
(d) Hot.

15. What is TT's full name?
(a) Theodore Tucker.
(b) Terry Thompson.
(c) Titus Wayne Taylor.
(d) Thomas Lee Thompson.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what nickname does Sextus begin calling Eddie in Chapter 16: "Summerton"?

2. Who is described in Chapter 15: “Inertia” as saying "Work be the salvation of man and Work gonna set you free"?

3. What do the overseers do after catching Michelle trying to escape in Chapter 15: “Inertia”?

4. Who beats Darlene for speaking to the reporters in Chapter 19: "The Wrong Limes"?

5. Who comes to the barn to cut Eddie down in Chapter 21: “The Plan”?

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