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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does Taft fear is dead in Chapter 8?
(a) Carl.
(b) Fay.
(c) Victoria.
(d) Tommy Lawson.

5. 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.

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

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

8. What is Ruth doing when John wakes up at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Making breakfast.
(b) Taking a shower.
(c) Doing her nails.
(d) Talking on the phone.

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

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

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

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

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Fay ask John at the very beginning of Chapter 9?

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

4. Why can John not sleep in his bed in Chapter 7?

5. What is Tommy Lawson's son selling when he knocks on Taft's door in Chapter 10?

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