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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 does Mrs. Richards refuse to do?
(a) Lay down and rest.
(b) Call her husband.
(c) Suspect June of killing her brother.
(d) Go after her son.

2. Why does Mrs. Richards ask Kidd to stay with her until Mr. Richards comes home?
(a) She does not want to face her husband alone.
(b) She thinks she might attack her husband.
(c) She thinks Mr. Richards will beat her up.
(d) She is attracted to Kidd and likes having him around.

3. When Mr. Richards arrives home, who is still with Mrs. Richards?
(a) No one.
(b) Only Kidd.
(c) June and Kidd.
(d) Madame Brown and Kidd.

4. Why does Lanya say that she has stopped painting?
(a) She hates everything she makes.
(b) She forgot how to paint.
(c) She ran out of money to buy materials.
(d) She had a mental block while living in New York City.

5. How does Kidd's relationship with the scorpions change?
(a) They promise not to beat him up any more.
(b) They appreciate his poetry.
(c) He starts a sexual relationship with one of their women.
(d) They take Kidd under their wing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into what apartment will the Richards be moving?

2. When they arrive at Calkins' house, who is there to greet them?

3. At the beginning of Chapter IV, where does Tak find Kidd?

4. What does Kidd begin to think about his writing and poetry?

5. As KIdd runs away from the woman, who does he find next?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Layna surprised that Kidd got a job?

2. Why is Kidd angry with the Richards and why does he end his work relationship with them?

3. Does the reader know what is very curious about Bellona?

4. Who fills Kidd in on the riots that have occurred in Bellona?

5. The next day, why does Kidd take a job from Madame Brown?

6. Who does Kidd meet in the first chapter of the book?

7. When Kidd first starts writing his poems, what does he think will happen?

8. What surprises Kidd about the sample book copy?

9. What does Kidd remember and not remember about himself?

10. What does Kidd discover when he goes exploring throughout the Richards' apartment?

(see the answer keys)

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