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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mama living in 1953?

2. What has Chris done with her life while Slim was in Leavenworth?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the Chapter 22 title "Dawn" reflect the evolution of Slim's life at this stage?

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. Slim finally feels like he is totally alone when he is released from Leavenworth in Chapter 16 and discovers Chris has married and had a baby. Is his reaction to this information purely selfish or is it possible that he has himself contemplated marrying Chris and is jealous of her ability to establish love and stability for herself?

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 21, it is the news of Party Time's demise that finally provides the impetus for Slim to pull his life together and vow to quit drugs and pimping forever. What about this loss of his first street buddy, his first con partner, causes Slim to question every life decision he has made?

Essay Topic 2

The following statement appears at the very beginning of the book "Pimp: The Story of My Life": "This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or are use fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental." How does this statement affect the value of the story in your estimation?

Essay Topic 3

Only eight of the prostitutes in Slim's life are given names, generally those with whom he has the longest or most pivotal relationship (No Thumbs Helen would be an exception to this). Otherwise, he goes through hundreds of girls and none of them are named and few are even relevant to the story. How is this a reflection on the real motivation behind a pimp? Is pimping really about women or sex or relationships?

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