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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. Who gives Eddie a tour of the barracks when he arrives at the farm in Chapter 14: "Lost Years"?
(a) TT.
(b) Hammer.
(c) Nacho.
(d) Hannibal.

2. For how long are Eddie and Tuck kept at the barn in quarantine when they arrive at Delicious Foods Farm?
(a) Five days.
(b) Ten days.
(c) Six days.
(d) Four days.

3. Near what Louisiana city did Darlene grow up?
(a) Baton Rouge.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Natchitoches.
(d) Lafayette.

4. What college does Darlene attend?
(a) Wayne State University.
(b) Grambling State University.
(c) Louisiana State University.
(d) Florida State University.

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 liquor bottle.
(b) A half-inflated basketball.
(c) A rolling pin.
(d) A high-heeled shoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the waitress who tends to Eddie at the diner off I-94 in the Prologue: "Little Muddy"?

2. How old does How suggest to Sextus that Eddie is when he inspectes the workers in Chapter 14: "Lost Years"?

3. 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"?

4. What is the name of the beauty salon where Eddie finds information on how to find his aunt Bethella in the Prologue: "Little Muddy"?

5. What kind of car hits Tuck when he is hit by a drunk driver?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Darlene's yellow shoes come to represent symbolically to her?

2. What does Darlene see Jackie doing at night in Chapter 11: “Eclipse”?

3. How are the accommodations at Delicious Foods described?

4. Where do Eddie and Tuck meet Jackie and how is this encounter described in Chapter 10: “Drunken Bum Knows”?

5. Where does Darlene encounter Jackie? How does Jackie convince Darlene to get in the minivan?

6. How is Eddie's life in Houston described in Chapter 2: “Blackbirds”?

7. Who was Sparkplug McKeon and what warning did he give Nat in Chapter 3: “Conjure”?

8. What led to Darlene's teeth being knocked out in Chapter 1: “Braindancing”?

9. What happens when Sextus asks about Eddie's age in Chapter 14: “Lost Years”?

10. What led Darlene and Nat to transfer to a different college?

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