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

2. What does Lutie do when Boots tries to put his arm around her waist as he prepares to leave her?
(a) Allows him to pull her close.
(b) Smiles and tells him goodnight.
(c) Throws her head back and laughs.
(d) Pushes him away violently.

3. Which best illustrates how Lutie shared the news about her new job at the Chandlers' with Jim?
(a) She showed Jim the letter and jumped into his arms with excitement.
(b) She expressed the contents of the letter with Jim and explained how happy she was.
(c) She read Jim the letter in a monotone voice, sure not to express her joy.
(d) She showed Jim the letter but did not share her joy.

4. What does Lutie recall after waking from her nightmare about Jones and the neighborhood?
(a) A time when she was not so worried about money.
(b) Her drive with Boots.
(c) Living with her husband and not having to worry about men like Jones.
(d) Finding a crowd around a man who had been stabbed to death.

5. What does Bub contemplate while his mother is gone to sing for the orchestra members at The Casino?
(a) How he can relay to Jones his mother's demand that the man no longer enter the apartment.
(b) How he can express his fear of the dark to her.
(c) How he can get out of eating the school lunch.
(d) How he can make some extra money without angering her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bub feel about the school lunches?

2. How does the author describe The Junto?

3. Who calls for Boots as he is leaving The Casino?

4. Why does Min's visit to David go so well?

5. After returning home from her drive with Boots, what does Lutie discover in her closet?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jones's decision to kick Min out after visiting Lutie's apartment reflect his mental instability?

2. Chapter 5 is written from Min's point of view. Why has the author chosen to use different narrators?

3. What is likely the reason Bub refuses to tell his mother he's afraid of the dark?

4. How does chapter 3 illustrate the racism and sexism faced by Lutie? Provide at least 1 example of each.

5. After reading Chapter 5, it is clear what motivates Min. Using the knowledge you've gained about Min, compare her to Lutie. How do the women differ? What characteristics do they share?

6. How does the stolen purse incident reflect the theme of the book?

7. Why does Lutie refuse to wear the blouse crushed by Jones?

8. Lutie slaps Bub when she sees him with a shoe shining kit. Why does a shoe shining kit inspire such rage in Lutie?

9. The author paints Jones as an obsessive character. He snoops around Lutie's apartment fantasizing about her and bothering her possessions. What does this behavior seem to foreshadow?

10. How do Boots' responses to how he gets gas and how he avoided the draft serve the reader? What is the reader able to gather about Boots from his answers?

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