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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 49 - 89).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who calls Lazarus at the very end of Ain't No Sunshine?
(a) Aunt Frannie.
(b) Aunt Fannie.
(c) Aunt Tensy.
(d) Aunt Minne.

2. Why did Inez Cross Chasten decide not to ever tell her husband about Hughes's offer to work for him?
(a) He would have been angry that she had even talked to Hughes.
(b) He might have left her for being so insolent.
(c) He would have been upset that she did not take Hughes up on his offer because it was so lucrative.
(d) He would have been angry that she knew how to cook but did not cook for him.

3. Which company owned all of Hughes's real estate?
(a) Sky Holdings.
(b) February Summer.
(c) Mission Stated.
(d) Summa Corporation.

4. What does Inez Cross Chasten tell Howard Hughes when he tells her everyone has their price?
(a) He does not have that much money.
(b) She will accept his offer.
(c) He is a liar.
(d) He is crazy.

5. Who is the narrator's grandmother, in The Eternal Glory That Is Ham Hocks?
(a) Minnie Ray Frank.
(b) Callie Lee Henderson.
(c) Inez Cross Pickett.
(d) Flora Faye Harrington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ed work at?

2. Who was Howard Hughes's mother?

3. Who flanks the music star into the building amid the cheering crowd, which Ed witnesses?

4. Where does Lazarus have his altercation with J.C. Stokes?

5. What was the narrator's sister particularly fascinated with regarding Howard Hughes?

(see the answer key)

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