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

2. What is Ruth doing when John wakes up at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Talking on the phone.
(b) Taking a shower.
(c) Making breakfast.
(d) Doing her nails.

3. Why does the doctor in Chapter 11 agree to help John in Chapter 11?
(a) He is a regular at Muddy's.
(b) He likes Marion.
(c) He is being paid under the table.
(d) He is one of Carl's customers.

4. Where do the Woodmoores put John to sleep in Chapter 12?
(a) Franklin's room.
(b) The living room.
(c) Their bedroom.
(d) Marion's old room.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Carl involved with as of Chapter 8?

2. How does John say he knows Carl at the jail in Chapter 9?

3. Which of the following characters does not become romantically involved with John in the novel?

4. What does the doctor suggest to Marion at the end of Chapter 11?

5. What does John teach Carl in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does John go to recuperate in Chapter 12?

2. Why is Taft shaken by the site of Carl's accident in Chapter 10?

3. How does Carl explain his arrest in Chapter 9?

4. How do Carl and John bond in Chapter 7?

5. What do John and Franklin do together at the end of Chapter 8?

6. Describe Taft's interaction with Tommy Lawson's son in Chapter 10?

7. How does John anger Ruth at the beginning of Chapter 7?

8. What does Fay ask John at dinner in Chapter 9?

9. What difficulty do John and Fay face in bailing Carl out in Chapter?

10. What does Wallace tell John about Carl in Chapter 8?

(see the answer keys)

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