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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. What is Runt doing when Blood returns from Sweet Jones' penthouse at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Smoking marijuana.
(b) Drinking heavily.
(c) Crying in the bathroom.
(d) Sleeping.

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

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

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) Addiction to sexual relations with women.
(c) Disrespect for women.
(d) Natural inclination towards violence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Memories of whom begin to haunt Blood as he physically abuses Runt for the first time?

2. Pepper turns the tables on the con Blood attempts and accuses him of what?

3. What is Blood's first "need" at the beginning of Chapter 10?

4. What new bar does Blood go to in Chapter 7?

5. What is different about his meeting with Runt after her night's work in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Steve is never given a last name. What might be some reasons for this in the author's mind?

2. What is the essence of the "cop and blow" scheme in Chapter 10?

3. Besides giving him his first street name, how does Weeping Shorty influence Blood's career as a pimp?

4. At the end of Chapter 4, Runt and Blood leave Milwaukee and go to Chicago to begin their new lives as pimp and prostitute together. Before he leaves though, Blood goes by Mama's house to tell her where he's going. How does this reflect his ambivalence towards his mother?

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

6. What are two ways in which the Melody incident is haunting for Blood in Chapter 7?

7. How does Party Time protect Bobby in Chapter 2, and why?

8. 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?

9. Many characters come and go in the story without being given names, even if they play a reasonably memorable role for the author (like the banker with the big tip in Chapter 1). However, in Chapter 9, Silas plays a singularly minor role and yet is given a name and place in the story. What significance could be attributed to this?

10. In what two ways does Pepper influence Blood?

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