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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 long does Bobby spend in Reformatory?
(a) 10 months.
(b) 24 months.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 6 months.

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

3. Getting started on his first "real" night of pimping with Runt, Blood muses on how he is going to be successful in a white man's world. What does he think will accomplish this?
(a) Enough money.
(b) Respect of his fellow pimps.
(c) Control of women.
(d) Bribing the police.

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

5. Where does Bobby enroll in college?
(a) University of Chicago.
(b) University of Indiana.
(c) Tuskegee University.
(d) Howard University.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Chapter 3 describes Blood's participation in a con against Pepper which ultimately backfires. What is the original objective of the con?

3. Who does Blood meet for the first time, his first night at the Roost?

4. Where are young Bobby and his Mama living when Henry Upshaw comes into their lives?

5. Blood and Runt leave Milwaukee and go where to begin their new lives?

(see the answer key)

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