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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. Bobby now has a new street name, Macking Youngblood or "Blood". Who gives Blood this name?
(a) Diamond Cat.
(b) Golden Jive.
(c) Iceberg Slim.
(d) Weeping Shorty.

2. What does Glass Top provide for Sweet Jones, other pimps, and eventually Blood?
(a) Tips on the local police.
(b) Women to work for them.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Gambling tips.

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

4. Pimps earn wages by psychological manipulation, but do NOT do what?
(a) Interact with their own prostitutes.
(b) Beat their prostitutes.
(c) Keep track of their own money.
(d) Physical labor.

5. What information does Glass Top give Blood in their first meeting?
(a) Information about Sweet Jones.
(b) Information about the local police.
(c) Information about Pretty Preston
(d) Information about the local pimping scene.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the primary enticements for Blood in the life and career of a pimp?

3. What do Runt and Blood immediately begin to do after they arrive in the Chapter 5 setting?

4. Blood is still very new at the pimping game and has to constantly remind himself of what?

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

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