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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is John angry at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Cyndi is drunk.
(b) Fay hasn't shown up.
(c) Wallace is sick.
(d) The broiler is broken.

2. What does Carl do while he is at the bar in Chapter 3?
(a) Help with tables.
(b) Play the jukebox.
(c) Read a book.
(d) Watch TV.

3. When did John decide he wanted Marion back?
(a) When he saw his child.
(b) When Marion became pregnant.
(c) When he nearly died in a car crash.
(d) When his father died.

4. In Chapter 4, Taft jokes with Fay before what?
(a) They go to church.
(b) She goes on a date.
(c) They leave fro Memphis.
(d) He goes to sleep.

5. How did Fay's father die?
(a) A car accident.
(b) A stroke.
(c) Pancreatic cancer.
(d) Heart failure.

6. What is the primary reason for the Tafts' visit to Memphis in Chapter 6?
(a) Fay's piano recital.
(b) Victoria's high school reunion.
(c) Carl's wrestling match.
(d) A cousin's wedding.

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

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

9. What do John and Fay look at immediately upon entering the battlefield in Chapter 4?
(a) A statue.
(b) The highest hill.
(c) The woods.
(d) Tombstones.

10. Where do Fay and John eventually find Carl in Chapter 3?
(a) The woods behind Fay's house.
(b) The doorway of Muddy's.
(c) Out front of Fay's house.
(d) A methadone clinic.

11. Why does John give up admonishing Eddie's father in Chapter 2?
(a) She isn't listening.
(b) He is running late for an appointment.
(c) He may have a gun.
(d) He is too hung over.

12. In Chapter 5, what does Taft admonish Fay about?
(a) Almost failing a test.
(b) Staying out late.
(c) Eating too much.
(d) Lying.

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

14. The statue on the battlefield commemorates the dead of which state?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Iowa.

15. Why is John uncomfortable in Fay's neighborhood?
(a) It is outside of town.
(b) It is affluent and white.
(c) It is in a dry county.
(d) It is known for gang violence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rule does John have about drinking?

2. With whom are Carl and Fay living in Memphis?

3. What vaguely racist thing does the bartender at Rum Boogie Cafe do in Chapter 2?

4. What does the Taft family do its first day in Memphis?

5. How old was Ruth when she kissed John?

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