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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 is drinking illegal in Sin City?
(a) It is too expensive for the city's income to maintain.
(b) It allows politicians to collect bribes from nightclub owners to serve alcohol.
(c) It cuts down on the violence.
(d) The Church has absolute authority on legal morality.

2. When Marv is cornered by the police car after escaping from the hotel, what does he break on it?
(a) The headlights.
(b) The side mirrors.
(c) The flashing lights.
(d) The windshield.

3. What does the priest call Goldie, prompting Marv to kill him?
(a) A slut.
(b) A murderer.
(c) A waste of life.
(d) A loser.

4. What is Marv preparing to do for the arrival of the police at the very end of Chapter 1?
(a) Hide.
(b) Burn down the hotel.
(c) Surrender.
(d) Fight.

5. Why did Marv go to a church in Chapter 5?
(a) He needs sanctuary.
(b) The priest used to be his teacher.
(c) He wants to confess his sins.
(d) The priest was implicated in Goldie's murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Marv torture the man who hired Tommy?

2. Upon what events from his past does Marv reflect as being partially healed by his night with Goldie?

3. How long does Marv sleep after making love to Goldie?

4. How does Marv convince the priest to give him the name of the person who ordered Goldie's death?

5. What does Marv swear to do to Goldie's murderer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about Lucille's gun?

2. Why does Marv kill the priest?

3. Who is Nancy?

4. How does Marv pass the day in the beginning of chapter five?

5. What do the approaching police sirens indicate to Marv and why?

6. What happens to Marv after he leaves the church in chapter five?

7. What happens to the hit men who come after Marv at Kadie's?

8. Describe the alleyway by the hotel and what it reveals about Sin City.

9. Why does Marv send Weevil out to tell people his current location?

10. Describe the encounters that lead Marv to the church.

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