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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 John fixate on at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Franklin's voice.
(b) Fay touching his neck.
(c) Carl almost dying.
(d) Cyndi's dancing.

2. What rule does John have about drinking?
(a) Never more than one a night.
(b) Never mix.
(c) Never.
(d) Never in his own bar.

3. Who gets standoffish with John near the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Wallace.
(b) Fay.
(c) Carl.
(d) Marion.

4. In Chapter 5, what does Fay say she would have named her son?
(a) Levon.
(b) Delbert.
(c) Michael.
(d) John.

5. Why does John give up admonishing Eddie's father in Chapter 2?
(a) He is running late for an appointment.
(b) He may have a gun.
(c) He is too hung over.
(d) She isn't listening.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Fay's mother's occupation before her husband's death?

2. What is the primary reason for the Tafts' visit to Memphis in Chapter 6?

3. Who is teaching Fay a new skill at Muddy's in Chapter 5?

4. How does John know the woman at Rum Boogie Cafe?

5. The statue on the battlefield commemorates the dead of which state?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does John imagine at the end of Chapter 4?

2. Describe the frantic call that John gets at the end of the Chapter 1?

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

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

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

6. How does John feel about Fay's neighborhood in Chapter 3?

7. What do John and Fay do at the battlefield in Chapter 4?

8. Why do Taft's in-laws get annoyed at Carl in Chapter 6?

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

10. How does Ruth interact with Fay and John in Chapter 6?

(see the answer keys)

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