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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Maggie while Pete and Jimmie exchange tales of valor in Chapter 5?
(a) At work.
(b) Hanging laundry outside.
(c) In the shadows.
(d) In another room.

2. Who says, "Is yer fader beatin' yer mudder, or yer mudder beatin' yer fader"?
(a) Jimmie.
(b) Pete.
(c) The old woman.
(d) The old man.

3. Which boy does Jimmie fight with over his performance in the fight?
(a) Blue Billie.
(b) Roger.
(c) Angus.
(d) Pete.

4. Where does Jimmie walk on the way to the apartment after the street brawl of Chapter 1?
(a) In front of his father.
(b) On his father's right side.
(c) Behind his father.
(d) On his father's left side.

5. What does Jimmie threaten to do to Maggie if she does not "shut up"?
(a) Kick her shins.
(b) Tell his mother.
(c) Smack her mouth.
(d) Chase her down the street.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who occasionally drags Jimmie from his truck driver perch to beat him?

2. What vehicle does Jimmie fear, respect, and love with "a distant dog-like devotion"?

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

4. Who says "Hully gee" several times in Chapter 5?

5. In Chapter 4, for what is the preacher's audience waiting?

(see the answer key)

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