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

2. How does Sportcoat save Deems’s life in Chapter 3?
(a) By tackling him.
(b) By performing CPR.
(c) By performing the Heimlich maneuver.
(d) By applying a tourniquet.

3. What is the name of Sportcoat’s best friend, as revealed in Chapter 1?
(a) Hot Pickle.
(b) Hot Sausage.
(c) Hot Loaf.
(d) Hot Cake.

4. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, what bad omen occurred at Sportcoat’s birth?
(a) A bird flew through the window.
(b) A mule died.
(c) A solar eclipse.
(d) His mother dreamed of an elephant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in Chapter 3, what position had Deems once played?

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 3, how long has Jet been undercover in Sportcoat’s neighborhood?

3. What is the name of the officer who arrests Jet after the shooting?

4. In what year does the novel take place?

5. What is the name of Sportcoat’s son?

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