3. What is causing Jim to reevaluate his situation with his wife and family?
(a) Losing his job.
(b) His wife's infidelity.
(c) Maureen.
(d) A near-death experience.

4. How does Mort feel about America?
(a) He has lost hope and wants to leave.
(b) He wants things to change, but doubts they will.
(c) He is apathetic because he doesn't believe change is coming.
(d) He is full of hope, despite the riots.

5. Where does Jules see Nadine again, after their long separation following the ill-fated road trip?
(a) Shopping for groceries.
(b) At work.
(c) At a restaurant.
(d) At the bank.

6. How long have Jim and his wife been married?
(a) Six months.
(b) Nine years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Five years.

7. How does Nadine feel about Jules when they reunite?
(a) She is simply using him.
(b) She loves him, but is confused.
(c) She loves him and wants to leave her husband to be with him.
(d) She wants him because she is bored and lonely.

8. Where does Loretta see Jules when she gets out of the shelter?
(a) On television.
(b) In the grocery store.
(c) On the streetcorner.
(d) At his home.

9. Where do Jules and Loretta go every week, in Chapter 10 of the second book?
(a) The grocery store.
(b) The welfare office.
(c) The hospital.
(d) The library.

10. What does Jules tell Vera about love?
(a) That he no longer believes it is real.
(b) That he wants it more than anything.
(c) That he once thought it was impossible to live without it.
(d) That he thinks it is impossible to live without it.

11. Why does Maureen want Jules to leave quickly when he visits?
(a) She doesn't want Joe to come home and find Jules there.
(b) She doesn't want the police to come to her house to find Jules.
(c) She is afraid of what her neighbors will think of Jules.
(d) She is afraid of Jules because she knows he is a murderer.

12. What is happening to Maureen during her recovery?
(a) She is forgetting much of her past.
(b) She is having difficulty learning how to do simple things.
(c) She is slowly going blind.
(d) She is having flashbacks of the night she was beaten.

13. What is being broadcast on television when Maureen visits Loretta at her apartment?
(a) A sitcom that portrays a poverty-stricken family.
(b) News of the race riots in Detroit.
(c) A game show.
(d) News of the war that has just begun.

14. Why does Mort want to rid himself of his money?
(a) He got it dishonestly.
(b) He wants to give it to charity.
(c) So he can concentrate on helping people.
(d) He didn't work for it.

15. Loretta is determined to adopt an air of possessing what quality while at the shelter?
(a) Dignity.
(b) Smugness.
(c) Optimism.
(d) Compassion.