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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. What does Lazarus do to J.C. Stokes in the story Ain't No Sunshine?
(a) Stabs him.
(b) Beats him with his belt.
(c) Pours water on him.
(d) Shoots him.

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

3. Why does Lazarus go to the grocery store to begin with the day he sees J.C. there?
(a) He needed clean drinking water.
(b) He ran out of Tums.
(c) He needed cheese.
(d) He needed ice cream.

4. Who is assigned to make the deal to buy the hotel for Howard Hughes?
(a) Michael Raye.
(b) Henry Hallows.
(c) Inez Cross Pickett.
(d) Noah Dietrich.

5. Why did Inez Cross Chasten decide not to ever tell her husband about Hughes's offer to work for him?
(a) He might have left her for being so insolent.
(b) He would have been angry that she had even talked to Hughes.
(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 does Ed do after spending some time with the music star?

2. Who was Howard Hughes's mother?

3. Who recommends a place to eat to Ed on his trip?

4. Why did Howard Hughes come to Tim's Creek, according to the narrator's mother?

5. What does Ed work at?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In the story I Thought I Heard the Shuffle of Angels' Feet, what brings Cicero and Tony together again after many years?

6. What does Francesca assume Idol's antics with Ed are all about in the story When We All Get to Heaven?

7. Why does Lazarus think news of his beating J.C. Stokes will be all over town after he goes to the police station?

8. How does Ed get caught up in Billy Idol's entourage?

9. What does Lazarus compare his Aunt Tensy's interactions with her family to?

10. How does Police Chief Cavanaugh react when Lazarus turns himself in after beating up J.C.?

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