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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the reader able to gather from Jones' disjointed thoughts as he rages about his encounter with Lutie and Mrs. Hedges?
(a) Jones is on medication.
(b) Jones is an artist.
(c) Jones never graduated from high school.
(d) Jones is mentally unstable.

2. What does Miss Rinner associate the school's smell with?
(a) The smell of colored people.
(b) Her late uncle.
(c) Her past.
(d) Her favorite pastime.

3. How does Bub feel about being slapped by Lutie?
(a) He is embarrassed and secretly mocks his mother.
(b) He is understanding of Lutie's reaction.
(c) He's upset and thinks Lutie is preventing him from earning a little extra money.
(d) He seems unphased as Lutie hits him often.

4. Which behaviors describe what Jones does in Lutie's apartment?
(a) He smells her lipstick, crushes her blouse in his hands, and imagines drying her with towel.
(b) He watches television and helps himself to a beer.
(c) He fixes the light fixtures in her bathroom and checks the heating system.
(d) He washes her dishes, makes her bed, and mops her floor.

5. What did Jones tell the police about Mrs. Hedges?
(a) He told them that she was running a house of ill repute.
(b) He told them that she was a drug dealer.
(c) He told them that she had killed a woman.
(d) He told them that she had kidnapped a neighborhood child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which statement best describes the relationship between Junto and Boots?

2. Where do Lutie and Bub currently live?

3. How does Boots reconcile his decision to let Junto have his way with Lutie?

4. Why does Lutie drop the subject of the draft when she knows Boots is lying?

5. What has Mrs. Hedges determined about her life since the fire?

(see the answer key)

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