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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In July, where does Mr. Singer go to visit his friend?
(a) To the hospital.
(b) To the asylum.
(c) To the beach.
(d) To visit his mother.

2. What is the Sunny Dixie Show?
(a) A dance hall.
(b) A carnival.
(c) A revival.
(d) A rodeo.

3. What did Portia say about Mick that Mick knew was wrong?
(a) That Mick was always up to trouble.
(b) That Mick was alone too much.
(c) That Mick didn't love and didn't have peace.
(d) That Mick was a foolish child.

4. What do the men tell Jake about when there was a strike at the mill.
(a) The mill closed down and didn't open until the strike was over.
(b) The mill offered them half of what they wanted.
(c) Their wives made them go back to work.
(d) The mill sent out trucks and brought in other workers to replace the strikers.

5. What has Jake Blount been so upset about, even before he came to this town?
(a) He doesn't have enough beer to drink.
(b) The long hours he has to work at the Sunny Dixie Show.
(c) The few rich people versus the many poor.
(d) The way he has to work to eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mick do most nights?

2. Where does Jake go with the fruit basket it purchased.

3. Why did Mick say she wore shorts?

4. When she is introduced to the story, what time does Mick come into the restaurant ?

5. In Part 2, Chapter 4, what two people does Jake Blount picture himself sitting with at a table?

(see the answer key)

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