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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which university did Jacson and Cicero both attend?
(a) Spelman University.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) Howard University.
(d) Harvard University.

2. Where is Ed actually from?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Tennessee.

3. Who flanks the music star into the building amid the cheering crowd, which Ed witnesses?
(a) Two women with long legs.
(b) The music star's best friend.
(c) One man in a dark suit.
(d) No one.

4. Why did Howard Hughes come to Tim's Creek, according to the narrator's mother?
(a) To try to find out what happened to her brother.
(b) To explain a lawsuit to her.
(c) To apologize for firing her mother.
(d) To ask her to cook for him.

5. What is Ed's wife doing when Ed gets back to the hotel?
(a) Having a drink with friends.
(b) Writing notes.
(c) Watching a movie.
(d) Taking a bath.

6. What does Cicero tell his uncle that they can keep without selling?
(a) The farm.
(b) The car.
(c) The house.
(d) The land.

7. Where does Lazarus plan on going before he heads to work after seeing the police chief?
(a) The library.
(b) Back home.
(c) CVS.
(d) The bank.

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

9. What dish did Howard Hughes Senior particularly like?
(a) Home-made ice cream.
(b) Beans cooked with ham hocks.
(c) Tomato soup.
(d) Friend steak.

10. How long were Cicero and Jacson romantically involved?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Three years.
(c) One year.
(d) Twenty years.

11. Which band does the music star say Ed is really from?
(a) The Bellboys.
(b) The Beacboys.
(c) The Beatles.
(d) The Deacon and His Hounds of Hell.

12. What does the police chief tell Lazarus about why he came to see him?
(a) The police chief has to charge Lazarus.
(b) The police chief has to notify Stokes's family about the crime.
(c) The police chief will help Lazarus get rid of Stokes's body.
(d) The police chief is going to let Lazarus go.

13. Who owned the motel Howard Hughes bought in 1966?
(a) Michael Hardy.
(b) Inex Cross Pickett.
(c) Randall Keene.
(d) John Bradham.

14. Where is Ed staying in the city he is visiting?
(a) Farmington Road.
(b) Rainford Hill.
(c) The Ritz Carlton.
(d) Milford Plaza.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator doing with his mother when she first tells him about Howard Hughes's visit to Tim's Creek?

2. What kind of vehicle catches Ed's eye when he stops to see a crowd?

3. Where was Howard Hughes buying casinos in the 1960s?

4. How does the narrator's mother react when he tells her he is going to pursue a career in the culinary arts, in The Eternal Glory That Is Ham Hocks?

5. Who is working at the front desk in the police station when Lazarus gets there?

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