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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. Why doesn't Chris want to talk to Blood?
(a) She thinks Blood is ugly.
(b) She is afraid her husband will get jealous.
(c) She hates pimps.
(d) She is afraid of Blood.

2. What happens to Oscar while in Reformatory?
(a) He goes to rehab.
(b) He is killed in a cafeteria brawl.
(c) He is released for good behavior.
(d) He goes to a mental institution.

3. Who identifies Poison for Blood?
(a) Runt.
(b) Pretty Boy Junior.
(c) Pretty Preston.
(d) Sweet Jones.

4. After the beating with the wire, Runt leaves and still has not returned by what time?
(a) Ten p.m.
(b) Three a.m.
(c) Seven p.m.
(d) Seven a.m.

5. Bobby now has a new street name, Macking Youngblood or "Blood". Who gives Blood this name?
(a) Iceberg Slim.
(b) Golden Jive.
(c) Weeping Shorty.
(d) Diamond Cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sweet Jones agree to do for Blood during their first formal meeting?

2. 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?

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

4. Blood is still very new at the pimping game and has to constantly remind himself of what?

5. What does Glass Top provide for Sweet Jones, other pimps, and eventually Blood?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Thinking about the content and purpose of Chapter 5 in the story, what does the title "The Jungle Fauna" mean? What or where is the Jungle? What or who is the fauna? (When thinking about the Jungle, remember the title of Chapter 2, "First Steps into the Jungle.")

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

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

6. Bobby accepts the invitation to attend Tuskegee University initially and only leaves when kicked out for bad behavior. How is Bobby's decision to attend college indicative of his frame of mind at this age?

7. How is Pretty Preston used as a foil for Sweet Jones?

8. What is one of Slim's secrets to success for pimping in Chicago?

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. 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?

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