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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 does Blood know the things he knows about Sweet Jones (like his essential motivation)?
(a) Blood intuits most of them.
(b) Glass Top told him.
(c) Runt found out by talking to his working girls.
(d) Sweet Jones enjoys sharing his life story and feelings with Blood.

2. What is the time span of Chapter 7?
(a) One work week.
(b) Three hours.
(c) 24 hours.
(d) One "working" day.

3. Who teaches Blood the sexual tricks he will continue to use later in his pimping career?
(a) Pepper's husband.
(b) Weeping Shorty.
(c) Pepper.
(d) Mama.

4. Who is Blood told is the most successful pimp in the area (Chapter 5 setting)?
(a) Poison.
(b) Sweet Jones.
(c) Pretty Preston.
(d) Pretty Boy Junior.

5. For their first "formal" meeting, how does Glass Top introduce Blood to Sweet Jones?
(a) As his nephew.
(b) As his son.
(c) From his car.
(d) With a joke.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does what happens to Oscar affect Bobby's later actions in prison?

2. Before marrying a rich man, what was Pepper doing?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Blood show his courage and psychological insight in his dealings with Sweet Jones in Chapter 6?

4. 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?

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

6. Why does Runt's failure to return after the wire beating prompt Blood to think about calling Mama in Chapter 11?

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

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

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. 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?

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