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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of Dirty Joe's distinguishing features?
(a) A big nose.
(b) Scars from bar fights.
(c) He walks with a limp.
(d) A tattoo on his neck.

2. Why does Victor take baby James home to take care of him?
(a) Because he is friends with the baby's father.
(b) Because he ends up on welfare anyway.
(c) Because he is the baby's father.
(d) Because there are no immediate relatives.

3. What does Victor think that James does in 1973?
(a) He thinks that James swallows some poison.
(b) He thinks that James reads a sentence out of a book.
(c) He thinks that James talks.
(d) He thinks that James writes a poem.

4. What is Dirty Joe's condition at the carnival?
(a) He is belligerent.
(b) He is delusional.
(c) He is asleep.
(d) He is drunk.

5. How does Victor convince the person to assist him with the incident with Dirty Joe at the carnival?
(a) He says that Indians have no problems with gravity.
(b) He says that the situation is a public safety concern.
(c) He says that Dirty Joe is communicating with dead ancestors.
(d) He says that Dirty Joe should be punnished.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do onlookers do when they see Dirty Joe at the carnival?

2. Why does Victor take James to the doctor when he is a baby?

3. Why is Victor punishing Dirty Joe at the carnival?

4. Who is with Victor when they see Dirty Joe at the carnival?

5. What does Victor not understand in the eighth grade?

(see the answer key)

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