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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what does Mr. Woodmoore privately ask John to do?
(a) Compliment Mrs. Woodmoore's cooking.
(b) Take Ruth out for a night.
(c) Visit Miami.
(d) Call Marion.

2. Where does Levon work as a night security guard?
(a) An airstrip.
(b) A mall.
(c) An impound lot.
(d) A lumberyard.

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

4. What singer does Cyndi put on in Chapter 3 that annoys John?
(a) David Bowie.
(b) Elvis.
(c) Sam Cooke.
(d) Waylen Jennings.

5. How is the weather in Chapter 6?
(a) It is scorching hot.
(b) It is raining.
(c) It is dry and mild.
(d) A frost is coming.

6. Why does Taft stop working on the deck early in Chapter 5?
(a) Fay needs a ride.
(b) He is too tired.
(c) Carl storms off.
(d) He is having chest pains.

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

8. What question does Fay ask John that makes him uncomfortable in Chapter 5?
(a) If he sees his son often.
(b) Whether he likes her.
(c) Whether he likes white people.
(d) If he is married.

9. At the end of Chapter 4, John imagines Car and Taft doing what?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Playing catch.
(c) Fixing a taillight.
(d) Fishing.

10. What does the Taft family do its first day in Memphis?
(a) Have s picnic.
(b) Play baseball.
(c) Shop.
(d) Go to church.

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

12. What does Taft feel his in-laws use against him?
(a) Their happy marriage.
(b) Their worldliness.
(c) Their faith.
(d) Their wealth.

13. In Chapter 5, Ruth has just moved back to Memphis from where?
(a) New York.
(b) Detroit.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Louisville.

14. In Chapter 6, what does Taft fear regarding his in-laws and his children?
(a) His children are stealing from his in-laws.
(b) His children resent the in-laws.
(c) His in-laws are trying to convert his children to Catholicism.
(d) His in-laws want the children as surrogates.

15. How does John know the woman at Rum Boogie Cafe?
(a) She is Marion's cousin.
(b) She is a regular at Muddy's.
(c) She is a alderwoman.
(d) She is a nurse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What promise does John make Marion at the end of Chapter 5?

2. Why does John feel awful in the morning of Chapter 2?

3. Who does John Nickel imagine as he walks through Fay's house?

4. Which battlefield do Fay and Fay think to visit in Chapter 4?

5. What do Ruth and John do after meeting in Chapter 6?

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