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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Runt and Blood traveling in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) By stowing away on a train.
(b) In Blood's brand new convertible.
(c) By hitchiking.
(d) In Runt's yellow Ford car.

2. After Bobby's father leaves and Mama must make ends meet, how much does a hairstyle from Mama cost?
(a) One dollar.
(b) Fifty cents.
(c) One nickel.
(d) Twenty cents.

3. What special gifts does Blood have that make the pimping game easy for him?
(a) His physique and style.
(b) His background and knowledge of people.
(c) His connections and money.
(d) His IQ and brain.

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

5. After Pretty Preston's revenge attempt on Sweet Jones fails, what does Blood decide he wants from Sweet Jones?
(a) Gambling tips.
(b) Information on the local cops.
(c) Information on how to be a successful pimp.
(d) Sweet's opinions on the best women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Runt doing when Blood returns from Sweet Jones' penthouse at the beginning of Chapter 11?

2. When Runt doesn't return after the wire beating, what does Blood realize about his relationship with Runt?

3. Where do Blood and Melody go after they meet?

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

5. Sweet Jones saves Blood from getting "bested" by which prostitute?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bobby/Slim say that from a pimp's perspective, looking back, Steve was an idiot and played the game with Mama all wrong?

2. Did Blood's "pep talk" (beating) at the end of Chapter 6 have an effect on Runt in Chapter 7?

3. In what two ways does Pepper influence Blood?

4. How does the Chapter 9 title "Butterfly" refer to Chris?

5. In spite of having worked as a pimp for less than a full day in Chicago, Blood nevertheless provides Runt with a full set of "rules for whoring" in the neighborhood. Why does he do this and where would he have gotten these rules?

6. Another good name for Chapter 2 might be "Down a Dark Alley." What are three ways in which this name would be appropriate?

7. Blood gets up on his second day in Chicago and immediately gets high before going out for the night in Chapter 7. How does this sequence of events foreshadow a potential for backfire in Blood's plan to befriend Glass Top to get to Sweet Jones?

8. Who are the first pimps and prostitutes in young Bobby's life and how is his encounter with them a generally positive experience?

9. How does it speak to Blood's salesmanship that he is able to score Runt as his own working girl after such a short period of time?

10. How is Bobby "torn from the nest"?

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