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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. What is Lightning's previous name?
(a) Dollar Boy
(b) Goldmine
(c) Loot
(d) Coppermine

2. What does Butch call Boon?
(a) Lover
(b) Sugar boy
(c) Pig
(d) Big man

3. What does the doctor ask for as payment?
(a) Lucius' watch
(b) Corrie's handkerchief
(c) The horse
(d) Minnie's gold tooth

4. What had happened to Mr. Poleymus' wife the previous year?
(a) She was in a train accident
(b) She was raped
(c) She had a heart attack
(d) She suffered a stroke

5. Where does Lucius find Corrie crying?
(a) Her bedroom
(b) The dining room
(c) The bathroom
(d) The ladies lounge

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Miss Reba arrive with in this chapter?

2. What reason does Lucius give for hating Miss Corrie?

3. Where does Corrie convince the wagon to stop?

4. Who does Ned end up asking to ride the horse?

5. Who does the waiter say is waiting in the kitchen?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the content in this chapter show Lucius as still a child?

2. What differences does Chapter 11 show between Butch and the constable?

3. Describe what has happened between Butch, Boon, and Everbe.

4. Describe the character of Butch.

5. Describe Otis.

6. In what way does Boon show a lack of understanding for Corrie in Chapter 9?

7. In what way has Sam showed his worth to the group?

8. How does Chapter 12 show the effects of sexual desire on an individual?

9. In what way does the appearance of Grandfather give the story a sense of dread?

10. In what way does Chapter 8 show the immense pride of the novel's black characters?

(see the answer keys)

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