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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What kind of whiskey do Carl and John share in Chapter 7?
(a) Jameson.
(b) Jack Daniels.
(c) Jim Beam.
(d) Johnny Walker Blue.

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

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

6. In Chapter 8, What does Fay pointedly ask John?
(a) If she is fired.
(b) If he is leaving Memphis.
(c) If he and Marion are back together.
(d) If he is supplying Carl.

7. What is Carl doing when John asks him to help with the deck in Chapter 12?
(a) Reading a school book.
(b) Eating breaksfast.
(c) Lifting weights.
(d) Sleeping.

8. 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 smuggled it into the country personally.
(d) He is on advance.

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

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

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

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

13. What does Carl demand of John after he breaks into Muddy's in Chapter 11?
(a) His sister.
(b) The deposit.
(c) John's pistol.
(d) His drug stash.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is special about the day Chapter 9 takes place on?

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

4. What does John assure Ruth of regarding Marion in the beginning of Chapter 9?

5. In Chapter 7, why does Fay want John to apologize to her?

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