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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. Party Time gets busted for the con he runs with Bobby, but Bobby doesn't go to jail with him. Why not?
(a) Bobby rats out Party Time.
(b) Party Time can't produce evidence to convict Bobby.
(c) Bobby runs away before the police can catch him.
(d) Party Time does not give his name to the police.

2. For how long does Blood go to jail after his conviction on the charges Pepper brings against him?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 24 months.
(c) 36 months.
(d) 6 months.

3. Blood is still very new at the pimping game and has to constantly remind himself of what?
(a) How to keep his cool.
(b) What the other pimps said in jail.
(c) What he must do to keep Runt happy.
(d) Who the biggest pimp in town is.

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

5. What reality of racial prejudice in the legal system is Blood faced with after his encounter with Melody?
(a) A white person's word will always be believed over a black person's.
(b) A black man cannot have sex with a white woman.
(c) White people don't usually break the law.
(d) Black people will always get a fair trial.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the total time lapse of Chapter 6?

2. What are the primary enticements for Blood in the life and career of a pimp?

3. At what age does Bobby graduate high school?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bobby/Slim say that from a pimp's perspective, looking back, Steve was an idiot and played the game with Mama all wrong?

2. Describe the con that Party Time and Bobby work on white men.

3. 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?

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

5. 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.")

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

7. In what two ways does Pepper influence Blood?

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

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

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