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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 – Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, in what year did Sportcoat move to New York?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1959.

2. For which individual does Officer Potts have an arrest warrant in Chapter 9?
(a) Thomas Ellis.
(b) Tiberius Ellis.
(c) Theodore Ellis.
(d) Thelonius Ellis.

3. What activity is interrupted by the arrival of the police in Chapter 9?
(a) Cheese distribution.
(b) Choir practice.
(c) A block party.
(d) Sunday services.

4. What area does Potts ask Sister Gee to avoid in Chapter 15?
(a) The flagpole.
(b) The boiler room.
(c) The subway.
(d) The church.

5. In what neighborhood does the Governor live?
(a) Riverdale.
(b) Morris Heights.
(c) Kingsbridge.
(d) Hunts Point.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 14, Bunch devises a plan to rid himself of which two people?

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 3, where is Deems shot?

3. How old is the Elephant, as revealed in Chapter 5?

4. How does Sportcoat save Deems’s life in Chapter 3?

5. What literary device is used in the phrase, “fluttering around his awakened heart like butterflies” (117)?

(see the answer key)

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