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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ben think about Mr. Loring's teaching style?
(a) Ben finds it boring and overly simplified.
(b) Ben finds it unorthodox and therefore wants out of the class.
(c) Ben finds it complicated and difficult to learn from.
(d) Ben finds it unorthodox, but he likes Mr. Loring.

2. What happens when Ben and Sammy arrive to pick up their blackmail money?
(a) Junior pays them.
(b) Junior arrests them.
(c) Junior beats them up.
(d) Nothing. Junior never shows.

3. To what does Ben invite Mary Anne to attend with him?
(a) A basketball game.
(b) A military ball.
(c) A movie.
(d) The prom.

4. What does Sister Loretta say is a form of self abuse and therefore a sin?
(a) Intercourse.
(b) Athletics.
(c) Masturbation.
(d) Overeating.

5. Who uses the rape as an excuse to go after Toomer?
(a) Ben.
(b) Sammy.
(c) Red Pettus.
(d) Bull.

6. Who is Ben's chief rival on and off the court?
(a) Jim Don Cooper.
(b) Sammy.
(c) Art Ballard.
(d) Pinky.

7. Who is Junior Palmer with?
(a) Mary Anne.
(b) A local nun.
(c) A young black girl.
(d) Ansley.

8. What does Bull have sent to their table?
(a) A bill for his bar tab.
(b) A bottle of champagne.
(c) A dozen roses.
(d) A platter of shrimp.

9. Why do Ben and Sammy spend Saturday night at lover's lane rather than the local hang out?
(a) They are looking for Mary Anne.
(b) Sammy wants to find out if the girl he likes has a boyfriend.
(c) Ben wants to see if Jim Don and Ansley are at lover's point.
(d) Ben is ashamed of his behavior during the basketball game and does not want to see his teammates.

10. Whom do the Meechams have to wait on Christmas Eve?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Bull.
(c) Mary Anne.
(d) Ben.

11. Who is Junior Palmer?
(a) A local cop.
(b) A friend of Sammy's.
(c) A priest.
(d) A local teacher.

12. What is Mess Night?
(a) A Marine traditon that includes lots of drinking.
(b) A Marine traditon that includes the officers cooking for the enlisted men.
(c) A Marine tradition that includes the officer's wives cooking for the homeless.
(d) A Marine traditon that includes lots of eating.

13. What does Bull do when he learns of Ben's arrest?
(a) Bull does nothing at all.
(b) Bull beats Ben and then leaves him in jail.
(c) Bull beat Ben after he takes him home.
(d) Bull gets Ben out of jail immediately.

14. Who takes Bull's role in the family after his death?
(a) Mary Anne.
(b) Lillian.
(c) Ben.
(d) Matthew.

15. Who bails Ben out of jail?
(a) Lillian.
(b) Bull.
(c) Sammy.
(d) Mr. Dacus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ben think of Sammy's plan to blackmail Junior Palmer?

2. Who heckles Ben from the stands during his first basketball game?

3. Who was supposed to teach the boys?

4. With whom does Lillian have an argument before dinner the night of the big basketball game?

5. What happens to Sammy?

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