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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word accurately describes Spunk?
(a) Stud.
(b) Bully.
(c) Saint.
(d) Traitor.

2. How do people in the town treat Spunk?
(a) With disrespect.
(b) With fear and respect.
(c) Like they treat anyone else.
(d) They ignore him.

3. Which character has a quick temper?
(a) Elijah.
(b) Joe.
(c) Spunk.
(d) Lena.

4. How can Joe be described?
(a) Confident.
(b) Dumb.
(c) Arrogant.
(d) Nervous.

5. How can the community where this story takes place be described?
(a) Gentrified.
(b) Impoverished.
(c) Mostly White, with one African-American neighborhood.
(d) All African-American.

6. What is Spunk's occupation?
(a) A police officer.
(b) A musician.
(c) A dentist.
(d) A sawmill worker.

7. How do the men in Chapter 2 feel toward Spunk?
(a) They like him more.
(b) They are happy to know him.
(c) They are angry.
(d) They feel badly for him.

8. How do the men treat Joe when he comes into the store?
(a) They laugh at his jokes.
(b) They ridicule him.
(c) With respect and deference.
(d) With sympathy.

9. Where does Spunk lead the men in Chapter 2?
(a) The woods.
(b) To his childhood home.
(c) To the Bradley house.
(d) To the bar.

10. Why does Elijah think Spunk is seeing Lena?
(a) Because she seduced him.
(b) Because she is very wealthy.
(c) Because she is small and pretty.
(d) Because she is well-known.

11. Who is Elijah Mosley's sidekick?
(a) Walter.
(b) His nephew.
(c) Joe.
(d) Spunk.

12. What size is the town where the story takes place?
(a) Three million people.
(b) A million people.
(c) It is unclear.
(d) Very small.

13. What do the men hear in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) A gunshot.
(b) Someone crying.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A firetruck.

14. Why do Walter and Elijah admire Spunk?
(a) He is great at sports.
(b) He is humble.
(c) He takes whatever he wants.
(d) He is loving and caring.

15. Who comes out from the woods in Chapter 2?
(a) Lena.
(b) Spunk.
(c) Elijah.
(d) Joe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lies dead, in Chapter 2?

2. Why does Lena totally reject Joe?

3. From whose point of view is the story told?

4. Why does Walter think Spunk is seeing Lena?

5. Who encourages Joe to hurt Spunk?

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