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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What adjective best describes how Alfred feels as he walks up the steps to Donatelli’s Gym for the first time?

Confident.

Scared.

Exhausted.

Happy.

2.

Why is Alfred finally ready to retire after his fight with Elston Hubbard?

He finds that boxing is too easy and wants to move onto something more challenging.

He is so badly beaten that he is afraid to get back in the ring again.

He goes the distance with a better fighter and has nothing left to prove to himself.

He is knocked out during the fight and never wants that to happen again.

3.

Why doesn’t Alfred talk James out of taking heroin at the party?

He decides to take it with James.

He is too drunk, and passes out.

He doesn’t notice until after James has taken it.

James won’t listen to him.

4.

What does Lou Epstein tell Alfred when he finds him shadowboxing in the back room?

Try something safer, like baseball.

Get back to work.

Forget boxing, because even a good fighter can’t make a living.

Watch out for Donatelli, he’s a crook.

5.

Why does Mr. Donatelli leave Alfred a ticket for the fight at the Garden?

So that he can see what he will be training for.

So that Alfred can help clean up after the fight.

So that Alfred can keep Henry company.

Because he has a lot of extra tickets.

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