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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. How does what happens to Oscar affect Bobby's later actions in prison?
(a) He befriends the warden so he can be released early.
(b) He refuses to eat in the cafeteria.
(c) He openly admits his drug addiction in hopes of going to rehab.
(d) He talks to the warden to escape solitary confinement.

2. What happens to Oscar while in Reformatory?
(a) He is killed in a cafeteria brawl.
(b) He goes to rehab.
(c) He goes to a mental institution.
(d) He is released for good behavior.

3. Who is young Bobby's first sexual encounter?.
(a) One of Mama's hairstyling customers.
(b) His babysitter, Maude.
(c) Steve.
(d) The waitress at the hotel where Mama works.

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

5. After his initial meeting with Runt, where does Blood go before leaving the city?
(a) Pepper's house.
(b) Mama's house.
(c) His Parole Officer's office.
(d) His old hang-outs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In later life, Bobby is told that being a pimp demands a certain personality trait. What is it?

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

3. Why did Bobby and his family (biological mother and father) leave Chicago?

4. What does Bobby's biological father want to do with him as a baby?

5. How are Runt and Blood traveling in the beginning of Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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