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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. Why does Blood feel the need for a fourth prostitute?
(a) Enjoys the extra money.
(b) Needs to boost his image still further.
(c) Finds another girl he can't resist.
(d) An uneven number is unlucky.

2. What does "No Thumbs" Helen specialize in besides turning tricks?
(a) She can perform certain sex acts in spite of having only four fingers on each hand.
(b) She makes a specialty of sleeping with policemen.
(c) She steals men's wallets.
(d) She drugs her tricks so they can't turn her in.

3. What does Chris agree to do for Blood at the end of Chapter 12?
(a) Work for him.
(b) Find girls for him.
(c) Marry him.
(d) Sleep with him.

4. Why does Runt not like Carmen?
(a) Runt feels like she's being replaced.
(b) Carmen sleeps with Slim more often.
(c) Runt doesn't like anyone.
(d) Carmen cheated Runt out of a trick.

5. News of whose death finally prompts Slim to give up pimping and drugs forever?
(a) Chris.
(b) Sweet Jones.
(c) Party Time.
(d) Glass Top.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Slim pretend to be to pull off his post-Leavenworth money-making plan?

2. When does Chris come to see Slim while he's on the run from the FBI?

3. Who helps Slim in his escape from the State Workforce?

4. Why does Slim "lose" his fourth prostitute?

5. How long does Mama live after Slim is released from jail early?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is image, represented by material things, so important to a pimp?

5. Why does Blood begin to feel like a real pimp in Chapter 13?

6. Why does Leroy's arrest drive Chris to work for Blood?

7. How does his mother's death in Chapter 22 affect Slim's life?

8. How does Slim's reliance on drugs catch up with him in the end of chapter 15?

9. How does the relationship between Chris and Slim evolve during the 1940's in Chapter 14?

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

(see the answer keys)

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