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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. How does John say he knows Carl at the jail in Chapter 9?
(a) He employs him.
(b) He is his father.
(c) He is his brother-in-law.
(d) He is a family friend.

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

3. 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.

4. Who is Carl involved with as of Chapter 8?
(a) Cyndi.
(b) Rose.
(c) Wallace.
(d) Ruth.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the doctor in Chapter 11 agree to help John in Chapter 11?

3. What does Franklin ask to do at the end of Chapter 7?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does John refuse to be taken to a hospital after being shot?

2. How does Marion's friend, the doctor, help John in Chapter 11?

3. Why does Taft ask his children to stay home Friday night?

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

5. How do Ruth, Fay and Cyndi gang up on John at the beginning of Chapter 9?

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

7. What confrontation do John and Carl have in Chapter 8?

8. Why is John deeply gladdened by his morning with Marion and Franklin in Chapter 11?

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

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

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