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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Taft wonder about his son in Chapter 5?
(a) If he is doing drugs.
(b) If he will ever get a girlfriend.
(c) If he wants to leave home.
(d) If he can get a wrestling scholarship.

2. Which direction out of Memphis does John drive with Fay in Chapter 4?
(a) North.
(b) West.
(c) East.
(d) South.

3. What is John's concern regarding his applicant in Chapter 1?
(a) They have a criminal record.
(b) They seem too young.
(c) They cannot provide a proof of citizenship.
(d) They have a foreign accent.

4. When did John leave Marion?
(a) When she started doing cocaine.
(b) When she wanted to get married.
(c) When she was in nursing school.
(d) When she became preganant.

5. What promise does John make Marion at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) To take up yoga.
(b) To behave.
(c) To find them a hotel.
(d) To stop calling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rule does John have about drinking?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what does John decide he will do if Franklin wants to visit?

3. Where do Taft's in-laws live?

4. What makes Taft uncomfortable about Memphis in Chapter 6?

5. Who is Virginia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does John call Ruth in Chapter 6?

2. What does John reason about the Taft house in the beginning of Chapter 4?

3. In what state is Carl when John and Fay find him in Chapter 3?

4. Where do John and Fay travel in Chapter 4?

5. How does Fay describe her family to John In Chapter 6?

6. What is the nature of Ruth and John's visit together in the midst of Chapter 6?

7. What does Taft worry about regarding his children in Chapter 5?

8. Why does Levon Taft dislike his in-laws?

9. Describe the interchange John has with Cyndi in Chapter 4?

10. How has John's relationship with the Woodmoores changed?

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