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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where do the Woodmoores put John to sleep in Chapter 12?
(a) Franklin's room.
(b) The living room.
(c) Marion's old room.
(d) Their bedroom.

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

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

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

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

8. Who holds John's neck throughout most of Chapter 11?
(a) Wallace.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Carl.
(d) Fay.

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

10. What does Carl thank John for at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Taking care of him weeks ago.
(b) Driving Fay home.
(c) The boxing lesson.
(d) Letting him hang around Muddy's.

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

12. Why do Mr. and Mrs. Woodmoore keep quiet in the house after the wounded John arrives in Chapter 11?
(a) They do not want to wake Franklin.
(b) They have experienced a shooting wound before.
(c) They are afraid the police will get called.
(d) They do not want to aggravate John's condition.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fay ask of John at dinner in Chapter 9?

2. What advise from Virginia regarding the car repair does Taft refuse in Chapter 10?

3. Where does Fay spend most of her time on the second work shift in Chapter 7?

4. What is Carl doing for the first time in the Taft section of Chapter 8?

5. How old is Carl in the final passage of Taft?

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