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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to the narrator in Chapter 3, what is the real name of Jet, the undercover officer working in Sportcoat’s neighborhood?
(a) Jeffrey Hardman.
(b) Jetson Hardman.
(c) Jackson Hardman.
(d) Jethro Hardman.

4. Why does the Elephant fear his employers are losing trust in him?
(a) Because he shows signs of wanting to leave the business entirely.
(b) Because he refuses to engage in the drug trade.
(c) Because he moves goods more slowly than others.
(d) Because he is getting older.

5. What disgusts the Elephant about the changing neighborhood?
(a) The emergence of poverty.
(b) The emergence of drugs.
(c) The emergence of crime.
(d) The emergence of unemployment.

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

7. The brawl in Chapter 10 is started when Izi throws what object?
(a) A bottle of liquor.
(b) A shoe.
(c) An ashtray.
(d) A guitar.

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

9. How much money does Hot Sausage offer Sportcoat to leave town in Chapter 4?
(a) $50.
(b) $30.
(c) $5.
(d) $20.

10. What does Deems want his crew to watch for in Chapter 7?
(a) The ants.
(b) Traitors.
(c) Joe Peck.
(d) Sportcoat.

11. Whom does Sportcoat shoot at the opening of the novel?
(a) Deems Curry.
(b) Deems Clark.
(c) Deems Carter.
(d) Deems Clemens.

12. What is the name of Sportcoat’s second best friend who makes King Kong?
(a) Ralph Harley.
(b) Roger Harley.
(c) Rufus Harley.
(d) Ruger Harley.

13. Who is Mrs. Elefant’s gardener, as revealed in Chapter 11?
(a) Sportcoat.
(b) Rufus.
(c) Hot Sausage.
(d) Lightbulb.

14. What knocks Earl unconscious in Chapter 8?
(a) A book.
(b) A statue.
(c) A rock.
(d) A baseball.

15. From where in Italy does the Elefante family come?
(a) Padua.
(b) Genoa.
(c) Milan.
(d) Bologna.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the Irishman who recently visited the Elephant, as revealed in Chapter 5?

3. According to Rufus in Chapter 8, Sister Paul might be able to help Sportcoat do what?

4. According to the Irishman in Chapter 5, where is this object hidden?

5. According to the narrator in Chapter 7, in what year did the ants originally come to America?

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