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

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

3. What is the name of the officer who arrests Jet after the shooting?
(a) Petts.
(b) Putts.
(c) Potts.
(d) Pitts.

4. What is the real name of Sportcoat?
(a) Cutty James Lambkin.
(b) Cuffy Jasper Lambkin.
(c) Cuddy Jenkins Lambkin.
(d) Cully Jeffrey Lambkin.

5. According to Rufus in Chapter 8, Sister Paul might be able to help Sportcoat do what?
(a) Strengthen his faith.
(b) Help Sportcoat get sober.
(c) Find the missing Christmas Club money.
(d) Make peace with Hettie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the first chapter of the novel take place?

2. According to Rufus in Chapter 8, who should accompany Sportcoat to see Sister Paul?

3. According to the narrator in Chapter 7, why do the ants arrive every year?

4. What move is Deems pondering in Chapter 7?

5. In what year did Sportcoat’s wife disappear, as revealed by the narrator in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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