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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 – Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator in Chapter 7, why do the ants arrive every year?
(a) For King Kong.
(b) For Jesus’s cheese.
(c) For hot sausage.
(d) For sweet meat.

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 7, when do the ants arrive every year?
(a) Each spring.
(b) Each summer.
(c) Each fall.
(d) Each winter.

3. What is the name of Deems’s cousin, who taught him how to profit from heroin?
(a) Bobcat.
(b) Possum.
(c) Rooster.
(d) Fox.

4. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, at what age did Sportcoat become an alcoholic?
(a) 20.
(b) 18.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

5. In what year does the novel take place?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1969.

Short Answer Questions

1. What activity does Earl enjoy doing?

2. What is the real name of Sportcoat?

3. According to the Irishman in Chapter 5, what is the hidden object he has come to reclaim?

4. According to the Irishman in Chapter 5, how much is the hidden object worth?

5. How does the Elephant learn about the shooting in Chapter 5?

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