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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. Why do Piri and his father stop fighting in the morning?
(a) Piri's sister cries
(b) Piri's father has a heart attack
(c) They are too tired
(d) Piri breaks his mother's vase

2. Why does Piri not want to work with Danny and Billy?
(a) They are white
(b) They are thieves
(c) They are too young
(d) They are violent

3. Who does Piri go to for help?
(a) Waneko
(b) His father
(c) Betty
(d) Jose

4. What kind of cafe does Piri enter in Mobile?
(a) A transvestite cafe
(b) A white cafe
(c) A truckers cafe
(d) A black cafe

5. What is the name of Brew's girlfriend?
(a) Marcia
(b) Alayce
(c) Trini
(d) Denise

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jose tell Piri before he leaves?

2. What is the name of the bar Piri and Brew go to?

3. What do Piri and Brew want to join in Norfolk?

4. What work does Piri do aboard the ship?

5. What meal does the family gather for the next day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the argument between Piri and his brother, Jose.

2. What does Piri's father tell him in at breakfast in Section 5?

3. Why does Rocky want to fight with Piri?

4. How does the prison guard, Casey, react to Piri and Little fighting?

5. What do Piri and his family say to each other the next morning?

6. What story does Brew tell Piri?

7. Describe the fight between Piri and his father in Section 7.

8. How does Piri get off heroin?

9. Why must Piri and Brew sit at the back of the bus?

10. What are Brew and Piri's opinion of Gerald?

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