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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Fay get back into Muddy's in Chapter 11?
(a) She jimmies the front door lock.
(b) She comes in the back door.
(c) She has stolen and copied John's key.
(d) She breaks a window.

2. According to Ruth, what are the Woodmoores trying to convince Marion of in Chapter 9?
(a) Leaving Franklin with them.
(b) Taking back John.
(c) Giving up nursing.
(d) Staying another week.

3. Who visits Taft in the middle of the night in Chapter 10?
(a) Fay.
(b) Tommy Lawson.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Carl.

4. Which of the following characters does not become romantically involved with John in the novel?
(a) Fay.
(b) Cyndi.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Marion.

5. Who calls John at the beginning on Chapter 7?
(a) Mrs. Woodmoore.
(b) Cyndi.
(c) Fay.
(d) Rose.

6. Where do Marion and Franklin first meet John in Chapter 7?
(a) Muddy's.
(b) The Woodmoores'.
(c) A baseball game.
(d) John's apartment.

7. Who dances to the band's slow, elegiac song at Muddy's in Chapter 11?
(a) Franklin.
(b) Cyndi.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Fay.

8. What kind of whiskey do Carl and John share in Chapter 7?
(a) Jim Beam.
(b) Johnny Walker Blue.
(c) Jack Daniels.
(d) Jameson.

9. In Chapter 10, Taft gives Tommy Lawson's son tips on what?
(a) Masonry.
(b) Confidence.
(c) Singing.
(d) Salesmanship.

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

11. Which of the following is in Carl's pocket when John interrogates him in Chapter 8?
(a) Quaaludes.
(b) A luck rabbit's foot.
(c) Heroin.
(d) A gun.

12. At the beginning of Chapter 11, what does Franklin say he wants to be when he grows up?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A firefighter.
(c) An archeologist.
(d) A drummer.

13. What does John say that enrages Ruth in Chapter 7?
(a) He wants to see Marion.
(b) She needs to lose weight.
(c) He is leaving Memphis.
(d) He should not have called her.

14. What does John tell Teddy to do in Chapter 11 after the bar closes?
(a) Change out the kegs.
(b) Walk Fay out.
(c) Lock the doors.
(d) Count the deposit.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why, according to the mechanic in Chapter 10, will the car insurance only pay a few hundred?

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

3. In Chapter 7, why does John think the crowd is larger than normal?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 12, who picks up John's prescription?

5. In Chapter 9, Carl says he was arrested in the parking lot of what?

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