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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 are the police involved in the Harlan Jefferson situation?
(a) The police are uninvolved in the situation.
(b) The police are paid off.
(c) The police provide riot gear.
(d) The police have undercover cops stationed.

2. In Harry's first daydream about television shopping, how does he pay for the television?
(a) Tyrone pays for him.
(b) With cash.
(c) He steals the television.
(d) On a charge.

3. How is Tyrone treated in jail in The South?
(a) Tyrone finds new friends and turns his life around.
(b) Tyrone joins a gang for protection.
(c) The police club Tyrone for every move he makes.
(d) The warden puts him in solitary confinement.

4. What do Harry and Tyrone do on the streets for safety after they no longer have a business?
(a) They don't go on the streets past dusk.
(b) They don't split up.
(c) They carry a gun.
(d) They take Marion with them.

5. What physical problem has Marion created for herself from overusing?
(a) She has blown her first vein.
(b) Her teeth are falling out.
(c) Her bones are breaking.
(d) She vomits blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Spencer do to help Sara?

2. At the end of the year, how do Harry and Marion pass their days?

3. What is the reaction of Sara and her friends when Harry brings her the television?

4. In Harry's first daydream about television shopping, how does he behave at Macy's?

5. What strange noise does Harry hear as he visits with Sara?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Marion and Harry hide from each other about their drug connections?

2. What will Sara's life be like now that she is in a state mental hospital?

3. Why would Marion vomit while with Big Tim?

4. What is Harry's internal conflict concerning Marion when they cannot find a drug connection?

5. When Marion meets with Arnold a second time, what do Marion's interactions with Arnold foreshadow?

6. What does the reader find out about Lyle Russel during Sara's first phone call to the McDick Corporation?

7. How does Harry make the pain of seeing his mother go away?

8. How does Harry feel about his mom after their visit in Chapter 3, Part 32?

9. How does Sara's situation in the hospital elicit sympathy from readers?

10. How severe is Sara's drug addiction as she continues her drug abuse?

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