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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Governor in Chapter 13, who discovered the Venus?
(a) His brother Macy.
(b) His brother Michael.
(c) His brother Martin.
(d) His brother Mark.

2. Why does the Governor’s daughter briefly interrupt his meeting with the Elephant in Chapter 13?
(a) To meet the Elephant.
(b) To clean.
(c) To give her father medicine.
(d) To take notes.

3. Which individual has been arrested, according to Potts in Chapter 15?
(a) Deems.
(b) Sportcoat.
(c) Earl.
(d) Bunch Moon.

4. According to Sister Gee in Chapter 15, the people of the Cause do not need white cops to tell them about what?
(a) Hope.
(b) Danger.
(c) Crime.
(d) Loneliness.

5. What is Haroldeen’s nickname, as revealed in Chapter 22?
(a) The Murder Queen.
(b) The Killing Queen.
(c) The Crime Queen.
(d) The Death Queen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who will arrange a meeting between Sportcoat and Deems, as discussed in Chapter 17?

2. How does Sportcoat describe the water in Chapter 26?

3. Where is Sportcoat hiding in Chapter 20?

4. To what pier do Sportcoat and Hot Sausage walk in Chapter 26?

5. Who is revealed to be divorced in Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hettie tell Sportcoat in Chapter 20?

2. What information does Sister Paul give Sportcoat in Chapter 24?

3. How did Deems come to control the Cause, as explained in Chapter 14?

4. With whom does Deems go out on a date in Chapter 17? What does he know about her?

5. What does Sportcoat reveal about his son in Chapter 26?

6. What information does Joe Peck seek from the Elephant in Chapter 19?

7. What plan does Bunch Moon hatch in Chapter 14? Why?

8. What two gifts does Sportcoat give Deems in Chapter 22?

9. How is the Sportcoat at the end of the novel different from the one at the novel’s beginning?

10. What realizations does Sportcoat come to in Chapter 20? What does he decide to do in response?

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