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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. Where does Lazarus have his altercation with J.C. Stokes?
(a) The bank.
(b) The doctor's office.
(c) The IGA.
(d) Outside Lazarus's house.

2. Why is Ed in the new city in the story When We All Get to Heaven?
(a) For the National Beekeeper Convention.
(b) For the National Baptist Convention.
(c) For the World Barbecue Championship.
(d) For the Comicon Convention.

3. Who is the police chief in Ain't No Sunshine?
(a) Cathy Lazinski.
(b) Henry Lenore.
(c) Tony Cavanaugh.
(d) Michael Arbitran.

4. Who did Ed used to know who was so good at guitar he sometimes played for money?
(a) Mr. Benny Jetter.
(b) Mr. Henry Frank.
(c) Mr. John Jingle.
(d) Mr. Moses Roscoe.

5. What does the music star ask Ed to do for him and the other people in the room?
(a) Play guitar.
(b) Play the violin.
(c) Play drums.
(d) Play piano.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Howard Hughes's father build a big mansion?

2. What does Inez Cross Chasten tell Howard Hughes her husband does for a living?

3. What does Ed work at?

4. Where does the music star say Ed is really from?

5. Who does the police chief tell Lazarus his story has somehow reminded him of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lazarus pursue Gina, even though he has known her her whole life and he knows she has a reputation for trouble?

2. Why does Howard Hughes buy Bradham's motel in Tim's Creek?

3. Why does Inez Cross Chasten choose not to tell her husband, ever, about Howard Hughes's proposition to her?

4. How does Ed Phelps's musical interaction with Idol affect him later that same day?

5. How does Lazarus start to feel after beginning to beat J.C. Stokes?

6. Why does Lazarus turn himself in to the police station in the first place?

7. Why does Howard Hughes ask Inez Cross Chasten to work for him in the story titled The Eternal Glory That Is Ham Hocks?

8. What is the narrator's mother in the story The Eternal Glory That Is Ham Hocks pleased about regarding his career path?

9. Why is Lazarus Barden II having problems with his Aunt Tensy in the story Ain't No Sunshine?

10. How does Cicero feel about his uncle, Dax Cross?

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