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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Jimmie re-enters the apartment after the fight in Chapter 3, where are Mudder and Fader?
(a) Mudder is on the floor and Fader is on a chair.
(b) Fader is on the floor and Mudder is on a chair.
(c) Mudder and Fader are both on the floor.
(d) Mudder is on a chair and Fader is gone.

2. After the brutal fight between Mudder and Fader in Chapter 3, how long do Jimmie and Maggie huddle in the corner of the apartment?
(a) For five hours.
(b) Until dawn.
(c) For three hours.
(d) Until breakfast.

3. What does Jimmie's companion say he would ask for if he should ever meet God?
(a) Food, clothing, and shelter.
(b) A nice house and a million dollars.
(c) A job.
(d) A million dollars and a bottle of beer.

4. When does Chapter 4 say that Jimmie first began to be arrested?
(a) When he was a little boy.
(b) When he was a teenager.
(c) When he was a young man.
(d) When he reached adulthood.

5. Which of the following expressions is used in Chapter 3 to describe the old woman?
(a) Small and bent.
(b) Large and boisterous.
(c) Gnarled and leathery.
(d) Slender and wiry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mudder's real name?

2. As young men start to notice Maggie, what does Jimmie tell her she should do?

3. What color is the dress Maggie wears to go out with Pete on Friday night?

4. As he drinks at the bar, to what does Fader liken his home?

5. What color ribbon is used to embellish the dingy curtains in the apartment?

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