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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 – Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the first chapter of the novel take place?
(a) The Throughway Housing Projects.
(b) The Freeway Housing Projects.
(c) The Causeway Housing Projects.
(d) The Parkway Housing Projects.

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 3, what position had Deems once played?
(a) Shortstop.
(b) Pitcher.
(c) Outfielder.
(d) Infielder.

3. What is the name of Sportcoat’s late wife?
(a) Hettie.
(b) Hollie.
(c) Hattie.
(d) Hillie.

4. According to the narrator in Chapter 4, about what does Sportcoat mostly argue with his wife?
(a) His lack of faith.
(b) His excessive drinking.
(c) The missing Christmas Club money.
(d) His sense of humor.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 3, what is the real name of the character known as “Potts”?

3. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, where was Sportcoat born?

4. According to the narrator in Chapter 3, who rules the drug network of which Deems is a part?

5. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, in what year did Sportcoat move to New York?

(see the answer key)

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