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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: Grinning Slim.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For how long does Blood go to jail after his conviction on the charges Pepper brings against him?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 36 months.
(c) 24 months.
(d) 6 months.

3. Chapter 8 is effectively "Day 3" in Blood's new life as a professional pimp with Runt as his working girl. After breakfast, how does Day 3 begin?
(a) Glass Top and Blood get high.
(b) Glass Top takes Blood to Sweet Jones's penthouse.
(c) Blood beats Runt.
(d) Sweet Jones calls on Blood.

4. In later life, Bobby is told that being a pimp demands a certain personality trait. What is it?
(a) Innate desire to hurt or kill his mother.
(b) Disrespect for women.
(c) Addiction to sexual relations with women.
(d) Natural inclination towards violence.

5. Where does Bobby meet Pepper?
(a) At Mama's work.
(b) In a convenience store.
(c) At the parole officer's office.
(d) On the street corner near his house.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Pepper gets Blood sent to jail on false charges, Blood takes advantage of a different kind of education. What does Blood learn in jail?

2. Bobby now has a new street name, Macking Youngblood or "Blood". Who gives Blood this name?

3. What happens to Oscar while in Reformatory?

4. What special gifts does Blood have that make the pimping game easy for him?

5. How does Blood leave Melody?

(see the answer key)

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