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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. How much is Slim's bond when he is picked up by the police while on the run from the FBI?
2. Sim is convicted on charges of escaping and sentenced to how long in prison?
3. Where is Slim held after being picked up by the police while on the run from the FBI?
4. What three things does Runt bring to Blood the morning she returns to him (after the wire beating)?
5. How long does Mama live after Slim is released from jail early?
Short Essay Questions
1. Slim's story about the State Workforce seems a little light on truth in Chapter 18. What are some elements that seem perhaps questionable?
2. 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?
3. What consequences to others does Slim fail to consider before or mention after his escape in Chapter 18?
4. How has Leroy been spending his years when Slim runs across him again in prison?
5. Twice in Chapter 19, Slim turns to family for help. To whom does he go and for what?
6. How is Slim working and spending his days now that he's off the drugs and living in Seattle in Chapter 21?
7. Slim's life sinks deeper into violence after his jailbreak. How is pimping becoming less exciting and more violent in Chapter 19?
8. How does his mother's death in Chapter 22 affect Slim's life?
9. Why is image, represented by material things, so important to a pimp?
10. How does the Chapter 22 title "Dawn" reflect the evolution of Slim's life at this stage?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast Steve and Slim's biological fathers. How are their influences on Slim's life and choices similar or different? Both will turn up again in Slim's life; how are those encounters different? How does Slim react to each encounter and how does he feel afterward?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and comment on the irony in the fact that when Slim is released from Leavenworth, he has lost everything and everyone in his life except Mama, the person who, in his mind, drove him into the life he now leads.
Essay Topic 3
Nature versus Nurture. Bobby Beck's choices as Macking Youngblood and Iceberg Slim can be described as a result of an unfortunate and violent childhood, bad environment and bad parenting/role modeling. Instead of following the example of Henry Upshaw, a man he loved and wanted to be like, Beck chose to follow the example of Steve and the pimps of the Chicago underworld. Is Beck's path in life inevitable given his resentment of women, his violent handling by his father and his available options as a black man in a white, segregated world? Identify key choice points for Beck at various points in his life and his perceived alternatives.
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