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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What vaguely racist thing does the bartender at Rum Boogie Cafe do in Chapter 2?
(a) Check John's bills.
(b) Make John pay in cash.
(c) Refuse to look him in the eye.
(d) Offer him Hennessee.

2. What is John's concern regarding his applicant in Chapter 1?
(a) They seem too young.
(b) They have a foreign accent.
(c) They have a criminal record.
(d) They cannot provide a proof of citizenship.

3. What was John's job at Muddy's when he started there?
(a) Balancing the books.
(b) Watching the door.
(c) Booking bands.
(d) Bussing tables.

4. In Chapter 1, what does John Nickel say he will probably never do again?
(a) Sleep with a woman.
(b) Drum professionally.
(c) Leave Memphis.
(d) Do heroin.

5. Why does John feel awful in the morning of Chapter 2?
(a) He fell asleep in a chair.
(b) He drank too much.
(c) He is getting a cold.
(d) He did not sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what is John doing to fend off depression?

2. What does John notice about Carl as he leaves the bar in Chapter 2?

3. How does John know the woman at Rum Boogie Cafe?

4. Whom does John speak to on the phone in Chapter 2?

5. How old was Marion when she met John?

(see the answer key)

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