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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 particularly pleases Slim about his escape from State Workforce?
(a) Breathing fresh air.
(b) Having duped white men.
(c) Being able to find Chris.
(d) Having access to drugs again.

2. Who besides Glass Top and the other dealers know about Slim's coke addiction?
(a) Runt.
(b) Mama.
(c) Sweet Jones.
(d) Chris.

3. While on the run from the FBI, how does Slim get busted by the police?
(a) Trying to pick up a new prostitute.
(b) Loitering.
(c) Buying drugs.
(d) Stealing a car.

4. After leaving Leavenworth, Slim returns to Chicago. What is his first plan?
(a) To clean up his life.
(b) To rob someone.
(c) To find Sweet Jones.
(d) To find a new set of prostitutes.

5. Who testifies against Slim at his federal trial?
(a) Chris and Leroy.
(b) Runt and Ophelia.
(c) Chris and Carmen.
(d) Carmen and Runt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Blood flinch when the gunshot nearly hits him?

2. Where is Mama living in 1953?

3. How old is Slim a the end of Chapter 19?

4. What year is it when Slim is released from Leavenworth?

5. Where does Slim go after he "loses" Helen?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Leroy been spending his years when Slim runs across him again in prison?

2. Slim's story about the State Workforce seems a little light on truth in Chapter 18. What are some elements that seem perhaps questionable?

3. How is Slim working and spending his days now that he's off the drugs and living in Seattle in Chapter 21?

4. While out on bail in Chapter 16, how does Slim show his true colors as a friend to Sweet Jones and why?

5. Mavis is a female drug dealer and one of the few women in the story who is not a prostitute. How does Mavis being female make her an appropriate target for Slim's robbery attempt in Chapter 17?

6. Slim has two near-murder experiences in Chapter 20. Who does he nearly kill, how and why doesn't he?

7. Why is Chris one of the few people who knows that Slim is addicted to cocaine in Chapter 13?

8. Slim's life sinks deeper into violence after his jailbreak. How is pimping becoming less exciting and more violent in Chapter 19?

9. What does the sewer in the chapter 15 title refer to?

10. When Slim meets his biological father again in Chapter 14, what difference becomes clear between his father's treatment and his mother's treatment in Slim's decision to become a pimp?

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