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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 is the name of the company that Sextus officially ran?
(a) Southern Groves LLC.
(b) Kentucky Groves LLC.
(c) Fantasy Groves LLC.
(d) Delicious Foods LLC.

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

3. Who is described in Chapter 15: “Inertia” as saying "Work be the salvation of man and Work gonna set you free"?
(a) How.
(b) Darlene.
(c) Michelle.
(d) Sextus.

4. Who tells Eddie to stay in the car and that maybe he can escape in Chapter 23: “Gators”?
(a) Michelle.
(b) TT.
(c) Jackie.
(d) Darlene.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who drives the escape vehicle in Chapter 23: “Gators”?

2. 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?

3. With what newspaper does the man in the white car say he is with Chapter 19: "The Wrong Limes"?

4. When does Darlene move to start a detox program, according to the narrator in Chapter 28: "Almost Home"?

5. Where does Darlene get a waitressing job after she moves in Chapter 28: "Almost Home"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Eddie asked to come to the estate in Chapter 16: “Summerton”?

2. What is Eddie's punishment in Chapter 17: “Your Punishment”?

3. What is the significance of the "tractor scene" in Chapter 25: “Summerton Revisited”?

4. How does Darlene react when she sees the news story in Chapter 26: “Chronicle”?

5. What does Scotty reveal about Darlene's work at Delicious after the escape in Chapter 27: “Trials”?

6. How does Sextus become injured in Chapter 24: “Scotty is Surprised”?

7. How does Eddie respond when he is given his own workshop in Chapter 18: “How”?

8. How and why does the plan for escape fail in Chapter 15: “Inertia”?

9. What is significant about the narrative style in Chapter 28: “Almost Home”?

10. When and where does Chapter 26: “Chronicle” take place?

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