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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Woodmore ask John to do regarding Fay in Chapter 12?
(a) Marry her.
(b) Never see her again.
(c) Keep her on the Muddy's staff.
(d) Adopt her.

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

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

4. Where does Carl call Muddy's from in Chapter 9?
(a) The Woodmoores.
(b) Rum Boogie Cafe.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Jail.

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

6. What does Mrs. Woodmoore interrupt when she comes to talk to John in Chapter 12?
(a) His breakfast.
(b) His agreeing to take Marion back.
(c) His painkiller dose.
(d) His sponge bath.

7. What does the doctor suggest to Marion at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) She should cut off communication with John.
(b) She should give up nursing.
(c) She should have dinner with him.
(d) She should return to Memphis.

8. In Chapter 8, Wallace reveal Carl to be what?
(a) A racist.
(b) A rapist.
(c) A homosexual.
(d) A drug dealer.

9. How much does the mechanic want to simply patch the car up in Chapter 10?
(a) $1,500.
(b) $100.
(c) $400.
(d) $940.

10. Who does the officer in the jail insist must bail out Carl in Chapter 9?
(a) His mother.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His father.
(d) Fay.

11. In Chapter 8, What does Fay pointedly ask John?
(a) If she is fired.
(b) If he is supplying Carl.
(c) If he and Marion are back together.
(d) If he is leaving Memphis.

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

13. Why is Carl not with Taft when he dies in Chapter 12?
(a) He is asleep.
(b) He refuses to touch him.
(c) He is in the toolshed.
(d) He is calling an ambulance.

14. What is special about the day Chapter 9 takes place on?
(a) It is Fay's birthday.
(b) It is Elvis's birthday.
(c) It is Franklin's birthday.
(d) It is John's birthday.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruth demand immediately up entering Muddy's in Chapter 9?

2. Who immediately accosts John when he enters Muddy's in Chapter 11?

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

4. Who is Carl involved with as of Chapter 8?

5. How does John say he knows Carl at the jail in Chapter 9?

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