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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. To what is Monkey Pants compared?
(a) Cuttlefish.
(b) Squid.
(c) Anemone.
(d) Octopus.

2. At which plant did Big Soap take work?
(a) Stahl.
(b) Packard.
(c) Dohler.
(d) Mahler.

3. In what hospital room is Chona lodged?
(a) 404.
(b) 401.
(c) 304.
(d) 501.

4. How is the name Lowgod defined?
(a) Loud blower.
(b) World-owner.
(c) Small deity.
(d) Little parent.

5. What does Fatty claim the people of Hemlock Row eat?
(a) White sausage.
(b) Calf horns.
(c) Calf livers.
(d) White livers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of hat does Bullis wear?

2. Which of the following does Gus own?

3. Who runs Lionel Hampton’s band?

4. What kind of horse is offered to Gene?

5. For what instrument did Antes write?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Fatty typify the Lowgods?

2. What ideas does Fatty consider and reject for getting Nate out of his establishment?

3. What is the tension surrounding the Afro-Cubans, and how is it resolved?

4. What understanding of those institutionalized does Miggy report?

5. Why are members of a Jewish group in the novel called meat slabs?

6. Why is Fatty worried about Big Soap’s mother arriving in anger at his establishment?

7. Why does Fatty absent himself from Chona’s funeral?

8. Why does Dodo assign Monkey Pants his sobriquet?

9. When does Nate note having heard the South Carolina State marching band?

10. What is the dominant occupation of the women of Hemlock Row?

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