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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What weapon does Spunk claim Joe had, in Chapter 2?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A hammer.
(c) A meatax.
(d) A knife.

2. Who encourages Joe to hurt Spunk?
(a) Walter and Elijah.
(b) Lena.
(c) His father.
(d) Spunk.

3. What is Joe's last name?
(a) Kanty.
(b) Horne.
(c) Lovelorn.
(d) Albert.

4. What is Joe's wife's name?
(a) Zora.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Lena.
(d) Amber.

5. During what decade is this story set?
(a) 1990's.
(b) 1950's.
(c) 1890's.
(d) 1920's.

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

7. Who does Lena love more, Joe or Spunk?
(a) It is unclear.
(b) She loves both for different reasons.
(c) Joe.
(d) Spunk.

8. Why do Walter and Elijah feel sorry for Joe?
(a) Because he cannot work.
(b) Because he is helpless.
(c) Because his wife has died.
(d) Because he is too tall.

9. What instrument does Spunk play?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Piano.
(c) Trumpet.
(d) Saxophone.

10. What do Elijah's friends call him?
(a) Silent Man.
(b) The Big Mouth.
(c) 'Lige.
(d) 'Jah.

11. What is Elijah's role in the story?
(a) He helps Joe through hard times.
(b) He tries to encourage others to stop gossiping.
(c) He gives advice to Spunk.
(d) He is a narrator and a gossip.

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

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

14. Who shoots Joe?
(a) Joe.
(b) Lena.
(c) It is unclear.
(d) Spunk.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who lies dead, in Chapter 2?

3. What does Lena say about the house she lives in now?

4. Why do the men treat Joe this way?

5. How can the community where this story takes place be described?

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