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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. Where does Lucius say they are staying in Memphis?
(a) A hotel
(b) A boarding house
(c) A squat
(d) A motel

2. What does Lucius say that he and Boon still have to get?
(a) Gasoline
(b) Coal
(c) Milk
(d) Whiskey

3. What color shirt is Ned wearing?
(a) Brown
(b) Blue
(c) Black
(d) White

4. Who is responsible for the stem power plant?
(a) Mr. Potts
(b) Mr. Davis
(c) Mr. Priest
(d) Mr. Buffaloe

5. How old was Boon when he arrived at the hunting camp?
(a) 16
(b) 10
(c) 13
(d) 12

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day does Ned promise to return?

2. How old is Lucius in the story?

3. What does Ludus say he called Boon?

4. What is Lucius responsible for collecting for his father?

5. For how long does Lucius think the car can travel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lucius learn during the novel?

2. Why can Boon not lock the automobile in the garage?

3. What lies does Lucius tell in Chapter 3?

4. How does Grandfather's purchase of the automobile show him to be a proud man?

5. Why do they have to make the 23 train in Chapter 3?

6. What does the conversation in Chapter 4 between Boon and Lucius show about both characters?

7. How does the ploughman persuade Boon to pay him more money?

8. Summarize the novel.

9. Why does Ned feel so at ease with the prostitutes?

10. Why did Grandfather purchase an automobile?

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