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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Bud think is chasing him?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Detectives.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Bill collectors.

2. What does Jimmy inherit from his mother's estate?
(a) Just under a million.
(b) Fifty-five hundred dollars.
(c) Some bearer bonds.
(d) Nothing.

3. Where has Bud come from?
(a) Upstate New York.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Virginia Beach.

4. What is the boy Slats really good at?
(a) Hustling old ladies.
(b) Running from the police.
(c) Telling the future.
(d) Crapshooting.

5. What song is Ed Thatcher trying to pick out on the piano?
(a) The Mosquito Parade.
(b) When the Saints Go Marchin in.
(c) We're in the Money.
(d) How Great Thou Art.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bud do to his father?

2. What does Ed do for a living?

3. How much does the lady with the pink cameo say she is going to give Bud for moving a load of coal?

4. What is the ship carrying that Schmidt will lose half his commission over if he doesn't get it off by the next day?

5. What brand of clock does Jimmy have that he looks at when he wakes up after eating chocolates?

(see the answer key)

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