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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 does Blood do first upon waking up in Chapter 7?
(a) Eat breakfast.
(b) Get high.
(c) Get drunk.
(d) Abuse Runt.

2. What information does Glass Top give Blood in their first meeting?
(a) Information about the local pimping scene.
(b) Information about Pretty Preston
(c) Information about Sweet Jones.
(d) Information about the local police.

3. After Blood runs away from her, Melody is in a position to do what Pepper once did to Blood, hence his fear. What is it?
(a) She can tell on him to his other prositututes.
(b) She can falsely accuse him of theft.
(c) She will pretend to get pregnant.
(d) She will work for another pimp.

4. Who does Blood decide can get him a positive introduction to Sweet Jones so he can get what he wants from him?
(a) Runt.
(b) Glass Top.
(c) The owner of the Roost.
(d) Poison.

5. What physical surprise does Blood discover about Melody?
(a) She is a different race.
(b) She is an amputee.
(c) She is bald.
(d) She is male.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Blood meet for the first time, his first night at the Roost?

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

3. One of the reasons Blood is initially captivated by Melody is her race and one of the outcomes of his involvement with her is further social confusion and dislike in Blood's mind. What race is Melody?

4. After Pepper gets Blood sent to jail on false charges, Blood takes advantage of a different kind of education. What does Blood learn in jail?

5. What happens within hours of Runt and Blood's arrival in the Chapter 5 setting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 4, what might be described as the final exam for graduation to full pimp status for Blood?

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

10. In Chapter 4, in spite of his quick score with Runt, what is Blood constantly reminding himself and why?

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