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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 breaks a window.
(b) She has stolen and copied John's key.
(c) She comes in the back door.
(d) She jimmies the front door lock.

2. What does Fay ask of John at dinner in Chapter 9?
(a) That he marry her.
(b) That he take her virginity.
(c) That he hire Carl on.
(d) That he fire her.

3. How does John say he knows Carl at the jail in Chapter 9?
(a) He is his brother-in-law.
(b) He is his father.
(c) He employs him.
(d) He is a family friend.

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

5. Why does the doctor in Chapter 11 agree to help John in Chapter 11?
(a) He is a regular at Muddy's.
(b) He likes Marion.
(c) He is being paid under the table.
(d) He is one of Carl's customers.

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

7. In Chapter 7, why does John think the crowd is larger than normal?
(a) The bar across the street has closed.
(b) Elvis's birthday is today.
(c) Tourist season has started.
(d) Fay's friends are coming.

8. What does Taft give Tommy Lawson's boy to cool him off?
(a) A Coke.
(b) A beer.
(c) A popsickle.
(d) An ice-cream sandwich.

9. Who is left at the Woodmoore house in Chapter 11 when John is brought to the doctor's?
(a) Marion.
(b) Wallace.
(c) Carl.
(d) Fay.

10. Why can John not sleep in his bed in Chapter 7?
(a) It is lumpy.
(b) It smells like Ruth.
(c) He has no air conditioning.
(d) He had caffeine too late in the day.

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

12. Who is Carl involved with as of Chapter 8?
(a) Rose.
(b) Wallace.
(c) Cyndi.
(d) Ruth.

13. How many shifts in a row is Taft planning to work in Chapter 8?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

15. Where does Fay spend most of her time on the second work shift in Chapter 7?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) Behind the bar.
(c) Working the tables.
(d) In the bathroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Carl particularly angry about having his stash taken in Chapter 8?

2. What is Carl doing when John asks him to help with the deck in Chapter 12?

3. How much does the mechanic quote Taft for the damage in the beginning of Chapter 10?

4. What does Mrs. Woodmore ask John to do regarding Fay in Chapter 12?

5. What kind of whiskey do Carl and John share in Chapter 7?

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