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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. Why does Willie stop singing?
(a) When Harry seems about to take him upstairs.
(b) He is tired.
(c) He is bored with singing.
(d) Everyone is yelling at him to stop.

2. Why is Parritt worried?
(a) He has no money and no job.
(b) His mother is in prison.
(c) He misses his father.
(d) He cannot find his wallet.

3. What does Joe challenge all the others to do?
(a) Respect him.
(b) Stop talking about Hickey.
(c) Be kind to one another.
(d) Have a drinking competition.

4. What are almost all the regulars doing?
(a) Arguing.
(b) Running tabs.
(c) Talking.
(d) Complaining.

5. What do Mosher and McGloin say about Bessie's family?
(a) They are very kind.
(b) They are very odd.
(c) They are very quiet.
(d) They are very controlling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Parritt want from Larry?

2. Who is the man who arrived the night before?

3. What does Larry think should happen to the person who turned Parritt's mother in?

4. What does Larry call Parritt?

5. Who mediates their argument?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the regulars feel about Hickey?

2. What have the characters learned about Hickey?

3. What has Chuck realized about his pipe dreams?

4. What happens when Hickey calls the girls whores?

5. How does Harry respond to Hickey's second toast?

6. What happens when Lewis and Wetjoen are awakened up by Willie's singing?

7. Why is Parritt worried?

8. How do the regulars feel about their lives and the idea of suicide?

9. How does Rocky feel about being called a pimp?

10. What do Mosher and McGloin say about Harry?

(see the answer keys)

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