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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mary Anne believe is Ben's motivation for the invitation?
(a) Pride.
(b) Orders from Bull.
(c) Revenge. It is grounds for a practical joke.
(d) Pity.

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

3. What does Sammy confide to Ben about his date?
(a) That he plans to take her to lover's lane.
(b) That he likes her a lot and is afraid to be alone with her.
(c) That he dislikes her, but is taking her out in pity.
(d) That he dislikes her and plans to dump her after dinner.

4. What does Mary Anne tell Ben after dinner the night of the prom?
(a) That she wishes Bull would go away.
(b) That she has considered suicide.
(c) That she is in love with a soldier.
(d) That she loves Ben.

5. With whom does Lillian have an argument before dinner the night of the big basketball game?
(a) Mary Anne.
(b) Ben.
(c) Karen.
(d) Bull.

6. 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 is ashamed of his behavior during the basketball game and does not want to see his teammates.
(d) Ben wants to see if Jim Don and Ansley are at lover's point.

7. Who does Sammy see at lover's lane?
(a) Mr. Dacus.
(b) Jim Don Cooper.
(c) Junior Palmer.
(d) Art Ballard.

8. What goes wrong on the flight?
(a) Bull cannot get his landing gear to come down.
(b) Bull flies too low and hits the corner of a building.
(c) Bull accidentally clips a power line on landing.
(d) The engine on Bull's plane explodes.

9. What does Sammy plan to do with the knowledge of what he saw at lover's lane?
(a) Blackmail Junior.
(b) Tell the local police.
(c) Tell the local newspaper reporter.
(d) Call Junior's mother.

10. What does Ben want to do when he first finds his father passed out on the Lawn?
(a) Stomp him in the head.
(b) Leave him there.
(c) Kiss him.
(d) Spit on him.

11. Who does Ben help to his feet during his first basketball game?
(a) Jim Don Cooper.
(b) An opposing player.
(c) Art Ballard.
(d) Pinky.

12. Who asks Ben to help Toomer?
(a) Mary Anne.
(b) Bull.
(c) Lillian.
(d) Arrabelle.

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

14. What does Mary Anne tease Ben about?
(a) Mary Anne teases Ben that she will miss him when he goes to college.
(b) Mary Anne teases Ben about being just like Bull.
(c) Mary Anne teases Ben for getting arrested.
(d) Mary Anne teases Ben about girls.

15. Who is Junior Palmer's cousin?
(a) Sammy.
(b) Ben.
(c) Jim Don Cooper.
(d) Red Pettus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who bails Ben out of jail?

2. To what does Ben invite Mary Anne to attend with him?

3. Why does Bull call home?

4. What does Causey want Bull to have done to a black ace in his squad?

5. Who does Bull blame for Ben's lack of a killer instinct?

(see the answer keys)

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