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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. In what city does Piri go with two octoroons to have sex?
(a) New Orleans
(b) Raleigh
(c) Miami
(d) Louisville

2. What reminds Piri of Trina?
(a) Winter days
(b) Meal times
(c) Sunny days
(d) Laughter

3. What does the gang have to buy in this section?
(a) A glass cutter
(b) A car
(c) A tool set
(d) Explosives

4. Where does Piri start to work after he gets off the heroin?
(a) A cafe
(b) A restaurant
(c) A ship
(d) A hospital

5. Where are Billy and Danny from?
(a) The Bronx
(b) Babylon
(c) Louisville
(d) Newark

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Gerald use to speak to Piri?

2. Why does Piri not want to work with Danny and Billy?

3. Who gives Piri heroin to sell?

4. What kind of cafe does Piri enter in Mobile?

5. What does Waneko's mother wipe Piri's face with?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Piri and Brew's plans in Section 5?

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

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

5. Why does Brew think the term "boy" is acceptable?

6. Describe Piri's routine at Sing Sing prison?

7. What does Piri think the girl who rubbed against him on the train said to her friends?

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

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

10. Why does Little say he did not throw more punches at Piri's midsection?

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