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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Siggie?
(a) Mr. Bonaparte's bookie.
(b) Mr. Carp's son.
(c) Mrs. Bonaparte's brother.
(d) Mr. Bonaparte's son-in-law.

2. Joe thinks Lorna is lost and _____________.
(a) Lonely.
(b) Desperate.
(c) Afraid.
(d) Forgotten.

3. What is Lorna's job?
(a) She is a nurse.
(b) She is a waitress.
(c) She does not work.
(d) She is a secretary.

4. Which of the following does Joe not tell Lorna about music's effect on him?
(a) He plans to become a superstar.
(b) It means the world to him.
(c) It makes him feel like a man.
(d) He belongs in the world.

5. What does Joe give to his father before leaving for the train station?
(a) Newspaper clippings.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Photographs.
(d) Violin.

6. What does Tokio say Joe needs to become a better fighter?
(a) Money.
(b) New gloves.
(c) More promotion.
(d) Experience.

7. According to Roxy, Joe fights as though ______________________.
(a) He's afraid of blood.
(b) He's a girl.
(c) He's saving his hands.
(d) He's an animal.

8. What does Mr. Bonaparte call Roxy and Moody?
(a) Leeches.
(b) Heroes.
(c) Scumbags.
(d) Joe's new friends.

9. Where is Joe going?
(a) Juilliard School of Music.
(b) Boxing camp in Florida.
(c) Boxing tour of the Midwest.
(d) His grandparents' home.

10. What do the men see in the newspaper?
(a) Job ads.
(b) Frank's wedding announcement.
(c) Siggie's lottery numbers.
(d) Joe's picture.

11. How old is Joe?
(a) 21.
(b) 25.
(c) 19.
(d) 16.

12. Who offers to persuade Joe to fight?
(a) Anna.
(b) Lorna.
(c) Tokio.
(d) Siggie.

13. Who does Roxy say is not crazy about watching Joe fight?
(a) Joe's mother.
(b) Joe's father.
(c) His patrons.
(d) Siggie.

14. What does Joe say when Lorna tells him that Moody loves her?
(a) He is lying.
(b) He doesn't love anybody.
(c) Nothing.
(d) He is a married man.

15. What does Mr. Bonaparte give Joe to take with him?
(a) Money.
(b) Sandwiches.
(c) Photographs.
(d) Violin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the boxer Kaplan had been sparring with when he broke his hand?

2. Who does Mr. Bonaparte think should decide the best career direction for Joe?

3. According to Joe, life on the streets is ___________.

4. Roxy said that Joe thought the violinist was ________________.

5. All Siggie wants to do is raise a family like a normal man __________________.

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