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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two things set Pete apart from the Rum Alley tenement crowd?
(a) His education and experience.
(b) His height and weight.
(c) His clothing and manners.
(d) His age and occupation.

2. How old is the person who breaks up the street fight in Chapter 1?
(a) 47 years old.
(b) 16 years old.
(c) 10 years old.
(d) 32 years old.

3. What tragic event occurs at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) The apartment burns down.
(b) Tommie dies.
(c) Fader dies.
(d) Mudder becomes ill.

4. Who tries to warn the boys that Jimmie's father is approaching?
(a) Pete.
(b) A small boy watching the fight.
(c) A woman looking out the window above.
(d) Roger.

5. While Jimmie listens outside the apartment door, what does Mudder threaten to do to Fader?
(a) Run him off.
(b) Break his neck.
(c) Slap him.
(d) Break his jaw.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Jimmie's youngest sibling?

2. Which boy ends up a bloody mess at the conclusion of the street fight?

3. On what street does the old woman customarily beg for her living?

4. Who is the new head of the Johnson family?

5. What body part of Jimmie's opponent does Jimmie's father injure?

(see the answer key)

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