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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 long does Mama live after Slim is released from jail early?
(a) 12 months.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Two months.
(d) Six months.

2. Where does Slim escape to from the State Workforce?
(a) Montana.
(b) Minneapolis.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Indiana.

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

4. What allows Slim to release his resentment of women?
(a) Forgiving Mama.
(b) Old age.
(c) Chris's return.
(d) Runt's apology letter.

5. What happens to Slim at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) Beaten up.
(b) Arrested.
(c) Forced to abort his plan early and run away.
(d) Drug overdose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Blood tells Runt he has another girl working for him in another city so that Runt will do what?

2. Who does Slim team up with to execute his plan after getting out of Leavenworth?

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

4. How old is Slim when he is released from jail in Pennsylvania?

5. Sim is convicted on charges of escaping and sentenced to how long in prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. Twice in Chapter 19, Slim turns to family for help. To whom does he go and for what?

2. What consequences to others does Slim fail to consider before or mention after his escape in Chapter 18?

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

4. Slim manages to move past blunt physical trauma to a more elegant finesse when he realizes he's in danger of losing Rachel in Chapter 20. How does Slim employ his psychological genius once again to ensure Rachel's loyalty?

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

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

7. What prompts Runt to work harder after her return in Chapter 12?

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

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

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

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