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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jones conclude about the best way to get to Lutie?
(a) He thinks the best way to get to Lutie is to have her kicked out of the apartment building.
(b) He thinks the best way to get to Lutie is through Bub.
(c) He thinks the best way to get to Lutie is to ignore her.
(d) He thinks the best way to get to Lutie is to ruin her singing career.

2. What does Lutie plan to do after the situation with the postal investigators and Bub is resolved?
(a) Move into the basement with Jones.
(b) Move away and get a job working for a family that will allow Bub to live with her in the home.
(c) Throw him a welcome back party.
(d) Punish him for three months.

3. After telling Lutie about Junto's proposition, what instructions does Boots give Junto when asking him to leave the apartment?
(a) He instructs Junto to wait for Lutie at The Casino.
(b) He instructs Junto to come back around 10:00.
(c) He instructs Junto to wait in the car for Lutie.
(d) He instructs Junto to forget about Lutie.

4. Which statement best describes Boots' feelings about white people?
(a) He loves them.
(b) He admires their business sense.
(c) He is indifferent to white people.
(d) He hates them passionately.

5. Why does Jones find so much comfort in the dark basement of the apartment building?
(a) He feels invisible there.
(b) He likes the cloak of darkness.
(c) He likes the silence it offers.
(d) He has spent so much time in similar places.

6. Why does Lutie find herself scolding Bub after she returns from The Casino in Chapter 13?
(a) She is worried about the money they're spending.
(b) She cannot explain the sudden urge to scold her son.
(c) She's angry at him for being a sissy about the dark.
(d) She's upset over Boots' new disinterest in her.

7. What has Mrs. Hedges determined about her life since the fire?
(a) That she has been given too many burdens to carry.
(b) That she will always be alone.
(c) That life is too valuable to be wasted.
(d) That friends are the most important things in the world.

8. Why does Junto want to see Boots before he leaves the club with Lutie?
(a) Junto wants to tell Boots about a death in his family.
(b) Junto wants to tell Boots about an upcoming business venture.
(c) Junto wants to tell Boots to keep his hands off Lutie.
(d) Junto wants to tell Boots about his upcoming surgery.

9. Which statement best describes the relationship between Junto and Boots?
(a) Junto and Boots are best friends.
(b) Boots resents Junto's success.
(c) Junto is responsible for Boots' lifestyle and can easily take it away.
(d) Junto uses Boots to achieve credibility in the neighborhood.

10. What was Boots' life like before he met Junto?
(a) He was a star athlete.
(b) He was a member of the United States Army.
(c) He was a homeless piano player who worked for food in places he despised.
(d) He was a student at the local college.

11. How does Bub get out of Miss Rinner's class?
(a) He storms out of the room without permission.
(b) He asks to go to the bathroom.
(c) He throws a chair.
(d) He claims to have an early dismissal.

12. How does Min describe her lonely bed?
(a) She says it is unwelcoming.
(b) She says it seems to have shrunk, like the rest of the apartment.
(c) She says it is cold and hard.
(d) She says it seems to have grown in size.

13. What conflicting impulses does Lutie experience after hearing Junto's stipulations about the money?
(a) She wants to laugh and cry at once.
(b) She wants to a hum a tune and kill a man at the same time.
(c) She wants to both run away from and be consoled by Boots.
(d) She wants to be with both Junto and Boots.

14. What impression is Lutie left with after she explains her predicament to Boots and leaves his apartment building?
(a) That she may like Boots after all.
(b) That Boots is going to do something illegal in order to help her.
(c) That Boots has agreed to help her way too easily.
(d) That Boots is a snake.

15. How do Boots and Junto view Lutie?
(a) As a fool woman who thinks her singng career will actually get her someplace.
(b) As an extremely talented singer with a bright future.
(c) As a gold-digger who is after their money.
(d) As an object to be possessed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why wasn't Mrs. Hedges arrested when Jones reported her activities to the police?

2. What does Min decide to do about her miserable life with Jones?

3. What does Bub plan to do with the money he's earned from the mail scheme?

4. How do the women in the street treat Jones?

5. From what point of view is Chapter 12 written?

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