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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 many contestants are there from Shakespeare?
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Ten.

2. Who sends Lily the flowers?
(a) Darcy.
(b) Claude.
(c) Bobo.
(d) Marshall.

3. What is the spotter worried about before he leaves the gym?
(a) What to do with the lights.
(b) What to do with the weights.
(c) What to do with Del.
(d) What to do with the key.

4. What is Mookie's occupation?
(a) Genealogist.
(b) Dentist.
(c) Podiatrist.
(d) Archaeologist.

5. Where does the spotter put the gloves after the deed is over?
(a) In Del's gym bag.
(b) On Del's hands.
(c) In his back pocket.
(d) Back in the lost and found.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bobo do to Lily when he sees her again at karate class?

2. What hides the spotter's car in the parking lot?

3. Why does Lily park her car in the street at the Winthrop's house?

4. Lily and Bobo think that Del must be in the tanning bed. Which reason is NOT one that they thought?

5. What does Del think of Lily Bard as he prepares for the competition?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Bobo's connection to the town of Shakespeare?

2. What does the reader learn about Shakespeare from Raphael Roundtree?

3. How does Del feel about this year's competition?

4. Who is the narrator of the story, and what type of person is she?

5. What is the spotter's thought process before leaving the gym after killing Del?

6. As the novel opens, what is Del doing and where is he?

7. What questions does Howell ask Lily before he leaves his house, and how do the questions make Lily feel?

8. Where do Claude and Lily go after her karate class, and what does Claude tell Lily?

9. Describe The Fight in detail.

10. How does Bobo react when Lily comes to karate class on the night that Raphael has returned?

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