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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: Drilling for Oil.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Memories of whom begin to haunt Blood as he physically abuses Runt for the first time?
(a) Steve.
(b) Mama.
(c) Henry Upshaw.
(d) Pepper.

2. For what is Bobby finally thrown out of his university?
(a) Running a drug ring.
(b) Relationship with a female student.
(c) Prostitution of a female colleague.
(d) A bootlegging scheme.

3. Why did Bobby and his family (biological mother and father) leave Chicago?
(a) Because his mother was in trouble with her boss.
(b) Because his mother caught his father stealing from their workplace.
(c) Because his mother caught his father cheating with another woman.
(d) Because his father was in trouble with the police.

4. What is Poison doing the first time Blood sees him?
(a) Fighting with a police officer.
(b) Buying a high class suit.
(c) Stealing liquor.
(d) Beating his prostitute.

5. Blood and Runt leave Milwaukee and go where to begin their new lives?
(a) Minneapolis.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Indianapolis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Glass Top provide for Sweet Jones, other pimps, and eventually Blood?

2. What happens to Oscar while in Reformatory?

3. Who is the first and last positive, stable and loving person in Bobby's early life?

4. Prior to abandoning the family, what was the job of Bobby's father at the hotel?

5. Why does Pretty Preston's attempt at revenge on Sweet Jones fail?

(see the answer key)

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