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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where do John, Marion and Franklin meet for breakfast in Chapter 8?
(a) Waffle House.
(b) Denny's.
(c) IHOP.
(d) Shoney's.

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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) Fay's friends are coming.
(d) Tourist season has started.

9. Why, according to the mechanic in Chapter 10, will the car insurance only pay a few hundred?
(a) Another car was not involved.
(b) Taft was not driving.
(c) This was not his first accident.
(d) The car is almost totalled.

10. Why is Carl particularly angry about having his stash taken in Chapter 8?
(a) He has promised it to buyers.
(b) He spent all night cutting it.
(c) He is on advance.
(d) He smuggled it into the country personally.

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

12. Where is Taft in Chapter 12 when he has his fatal heart attack?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) His bedroom.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The backyard.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Carl call Muddy's from in Chapter 9?

3. Which character dies over the course of the novel?

4. What did Carl hit in his crash?

5. Which of the following is in Carl's pocket when John interrogates him in Chapter 8?

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