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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While giving Fay a tour of the bar in Chapter 2, John marvels what about Tennessee?
(a) It is so small.
(b) It is so poor.
(c) It is so diverse.
(d) It is so green.

2. At the Rum Boogie Cafe, John is certain he will have sex with a woman despite what?
(a) She is married.
(b) She dislikes him.
(c) She is sober.
(d) She is white.

3. According to Fay in Chapter 4, what did her mother spend all day doing after Taft's death?
(a) Folding his shirts.
(b) Praying at their family church.
(c) Sitting on the unfinished deck.
(d) Sleeping.

4. Why can Fay only stay a work for a few hours in Chapter 6?
(a) It is her uncle's birthday.
(b) A tornado is coming.
(c) Carl is in the hospital.
(d) She is feeling faint.

5. How does Ruth treat Fay in Chapter 6?
(a) She commiserates with her.
(b) She ignores her.
(c) She ribs her.
(d) She asks her about her brother.

6. Who is teaching Fay a new skill at Muddy's in Chapter 5?
(a) Wallace.
(b) Cyndi.
(c) Carl.
(d) Rose.

7. What does Taft wonder about his son in Chapter 5?
(a) If he is doing drugs.
(b) If he will ever get a girlfriend.
(c) If he wants to leave home.
(d) If he can get a wrestling scholarship.

8. What did Marion demand in return for moving back in with John?
(a) He pay her way through school.
(b) They move out of Memphis.
(c) He give up drumming forever.
(d) They get married.

9. Why does John offer to drive Fay home in Chapter 3?
(a) He feels lonely.
(b) Carl hasn't shown.
(c) She is tipsy.
(d) There is a tornado watch.

10. Where do Taft's in-laws live?
(a) Nashville.
(b) Memphis.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Coalfield.

11. In Chapter 5, what still amazes John about the Woodmoores?
(a) They got over their hatred of him.
(b) They still call him James.
(c) They do not own a television.
(d) They never speak to Marion.

12. Where does John tell Ruth to meet him in Chapter 6?
(a) His apartment.
(b) Muddy's.
(c) Rum Boogie Cafe.
(d) Shiloh.

13. Who gets standoffish with John near the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Carl.
(b) Fay.
(c) Marion.
(d) Wallace.

14. What does John decide was an pivotal event for Fay and Carl?
(a) Carl's turning to drugs.
(b) Their father's death.
(c) The father losing his job.
(d) Moving to Memphis.

15. What makes Taft uncomfortable about Memphis in Chapter 6?
(a) The scantily clad women.
(b) The number of bars.
(c) The poverty.
(d) The black people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do John and Fay look at immediately upon entering the battlefield in Chapter 4?

2. In Chapter 4, Taft jokes with Fay before what?

3. What tender gesture does John make toward Fay on the battlefield in Chapter 4?

4. Who does John decide should handle the bar deposits in Chapter 4?

5. Who threatened John when he visited Franklin in the nursery for the first time?

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