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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Carl in the final passage of Taft?
(a) 5.
(b) 40.
(c) 15.
(d) 3 months.

2. What do John and Fay eat for dinner in Chapter 9?
(a) Burgers.
(b) Steaks.
(c) Crab.
(d) Cobb salads,

3. What does John assure Ruth of regarding Marion in the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) She is a good mother.
(b) He does not want her back.
(c) She will never leave Miami.
(d) She doesn't want Franklin anymore.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 12, who picks up John's prescription?
(a) Fay.
(b) The Doctor.
(c) Wallace.
(d) Marion.

5. What was Carl evidently doing when he crashed the car?
(a) Driving drunk.
(b) Changing radio stations.
(c) Racing another car.
(d) Sleeping at the wheel.

6. In Chapter 10, how does Taft decide Carl will pay off the damage to the car?
(a) A job at the Dairy Queen.
(b) A job at the lumberyard.
(c) A job at the local video store.
(d) A paper route.

7. What does John teach Carl in Chapter 7?
(a) Mixing drinks.
(b) Jazz theory.
(c) How to balance a ledger.
(d) Basic boxing moves.

8. Where is Taft in Chapter 12 when he has his fatal heart attack?
(a) His bedroom.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The backyard.

9. Why does John demand not to be taken to the hospital in Chapter 11?
(a) He does not trust white doctor's
(b) He thinks he will die en route.
(c) He is a Christian Scientist.
(d) He fears Carl will be arrested.

10. What is Carl's excuse for the cocaine in Chapter 9?
(a) He was holding it for someone else.
(b) He was delivering it.
(c) The cop planted it on him.
(d) He was using it himself.

11. What is Carl doing for the first time in the Taft section of Chapter 8?
(a) Going camping.
(b) Going on a date.
(c) Working a job.
(d) Borrowing the car.

12. In the beginning of the Taft section of Chapter 12, where is Virginia?
(a) A town meeting.
(b) A parent-teacher conference.
(c) A soup kitchen.
(d) A rummage sale.

13. What does Carl do immediately before John kicks him out in Chapter 8?
(a) Push Fay over.
(b) Try to punch him.
(c) Make a grab for his stash.
(d) Break a glass.

14. In Chapter 8, Wallace says that Muddy's is developing a reputation as a what?
(a) Dead bar.
(b) Drug bar.
(c) Dangerous bar.
(d) Gay bar.

15. In Chapter 9, Carl says he was arrested in the parking lot of what?
(a) A nightclub.
(b) A high school.
(c) A zoo.
(d) A Carl Jr.'s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ruth doing when John wakes up at the beginning of Chapter 7?

2. Where do Marion and Franklin first meet John in Chapter 7?

3. What does John say that enrages Ruth in Chapter 7?

4. Which of the following characters does not become romantically involved with John in the novel?

5. Who does the officer in the jail insist must bail out Carl in Chapter 9?

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