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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. On what floor is Raleigh's office located?
(a) Second.
(b) Thirteenth.
(c) Third.
(d) Twelfth.

2. Who does Raleigh credit for his desire to be an upstanding citizen?
(a) Victoria.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) Flonnie.

3. What does Aura protest in Part 1, Chapter 9?
(a) Homosexual issues.
(b) War.
(c) The feminest movement.
(d) Nixon's impeachment.

4. What does Raleigh steal from the library in Part 1, Chapter 7?
(a) A book about Confederate treasures.
(b) A bust of Pee Wee Jimson.
(c) A book about town myths and legends.
(d) A Bible.

5. Whose home does Raleigh visit in Part 1, Chapter 6 to retrieve the trunk?
(a) Pierce's.
(b) Earley's.
(c) Victoria's.
(d) Lovie's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Raleigh enter the library in Part 1, Chapter 7?

2. What is Raleigh's job?

3. Who does Raleigh see on TV while visiting Flonnie in a nursing home?

4. At the end of Part 1, Chapter 7, how many of Mingo's guns does Raleigh possess?

5. What is the name of Raleigh's uncle, from whom he received his middle name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Raleigh feel about Aura's TV appearance when he sees her on television during his visit with Flossie, and why?

2. What specific instructions does Raleigh's father give him regarding Gates, and why?

3. How do Raleigh and Mingo encounter a van full of hoodlums, and what happens to the money Raleigh's dad gave him?

4. Where does Raleigh go to visit Flonnie? What does he buy her, and why?

5. Who is Jimmy Clay, and what role does he have in explaining Earley's disappearance after leaving the hospital?

6. Discuss Mingo and Vera's weight.

7. Why does Pierce Jimson leave the property negotiation between him and Raleigh feeling distraught?

8. What is Raleigh's relationship with Mingo, as the story begins in Chapter 1?

9. Where do Raleigh and Mingo get the car physically stuck, and who helps them out?

10. What do the people of Thermopylae think Earley has done, and why?

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