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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 different about his meeting with Runt after her night's work in Chapter 7?
(a) She came home on time.
(b) She is not drunk.
(c) She has dyed her hair.
(d) She has worked well and earned enough money.

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

3. After his initial meeting with Runt, where does Blood go before leaving the city?
(a) His old hang-outs.
(b) His Parole Officer's office.
(c) Mama's house.
(d) Pepper's house.

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

5. How does what happens to Oscar affect Bobby's later actions in prison?
(a) He openly admits his drug addiction in hopes of going to rehab.
(b) He befriends the warden so he can be released early.
(c) He talks to the warden to escape solitary confinement.
(d) He refuses to eat in the cafeteria.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Blood's attitude towards white society change after his encounter with Melody?

2. Who is Pretty Preston?

3. According to the psychiatrists, why did Bobby choose to become a pimp?

4. Where does Bobby meet Pepper?

5. What happens to Oscar while in Reformatory?

Short Essay Questions

1. Like many of the chapters, the title of Chapter 6, "Drilling for Oil" may have multiple meanings. What are two possible interpretations of the "Oil" that Slim is drilling for?

2. 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?

3. How does the IQ test Blood receives from his parole officer change his life in Chapter 3?

4. How does the incident with Melody provide a metaphor for Blood's relationship with and attitude towards the white world?

5. Apart from a beating, what does Sweet Jones provide for Blood during their first meeting?

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

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

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

9. Diamond Tooth Jimmy and Party Time (Chapter 2), Weeping Shorty (Chapter 3), Poison, Sweet Jones, Glass Top and Pretty Preston are all street names for pimps and other characters of the underworld that Blood inhabits. What are some other professions that prefer or require nicknames for their operatives and why?

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

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