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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16: Away from the Track.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Blood beat Runt after her first night of work?
(a) She didn't satisfy him.
(b) She didn't come home on time.
(c) She didn't work hard enough.
(d) She wouldn't sell drugs for him.

3. Why can't Blood gets what he needs at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) The neighbors are being too loud.
(b) Glass Top is out of town.
(c) Runt is already out working.
(d) Sweet Jones isn't taking visitors.

4. What does Blood tell himself when Runt leaves and doesn't return after he beats her with the wire?
(a) That he'll never do it again.
(b) That she deserved it.
(c) That he will call Mama.
(d) That the wire was probably overkill.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the first of Slim's working girls to leave him?

3. What does Runt complain about to Blood when he returns from Sweet Jones' house and discovers she hasn't left to start working?

4. After her first time time talking with Blood, what does Runt agree to do for him?

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

(see the answer key)

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