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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 7, why does Fay want John to apologize to her?
(a) For kissing her.
(b) For leaving her.
(c) For yelling at Carl.
(d) For hiring another waitress.

4. Who does the officer in the jail insist must bail out Carl in Chapter 9?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His mother.
(c) Fay.
(d) His father.

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

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

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

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

9. What does Taft do as soon as he returns home from the mechanic in Chapter 10?
(a) Orders a pizza.
(b) Work on the porch.
(c) Opens a beer.
(d) Calls into work.

10. What did Carl hit in his crash?
(a) A tree.
(b) Another car.
(c) A guard rail.
(d) An embankment.

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

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

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

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

15. Why is Carl not with Taft when he dies in Chapter 12?
(a) He is asleep.
(b) He is calling an ambulance.
(c) He refuses to touch him.
(d) He is in the toolshed.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, where does Fay say she thinks she can get a job?

2. Who dances to the band's slow, elegiac song at Muddy's in Chapter 11?

3. In Chapter 10, Taft gives Tommy Lawson's son tips on what?

4. Where do John, Marion and Franklin meet for breakfast in Chapter 8?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 11, what does Franklin say he wants to be when he grows up?

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