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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Darlene call after the news story breaks in Chapter 26: "Chronicle"?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Sextus.
(c) Kippy.
(d) Sirius.

2. How old is Eddie when he begins smoking cigarettes?
(a) 18.
(b) 15.
(c) 19.
(d) 14.

3. What is the name of Eddie's son that Darlene meets in Chapter 27: "Trials"?
(a) Nathaniel.
(b) Eddie, Jr.
(c) Sirius.
(d) Sextus.

4. Who puts the blindfold on Eddie before he is cut down in Chapter 22: “We Could Get You Free”?
(a) Darlene.
(b) Sirius.
(c) Hannibal.
(d) Hammer.

5. What happens to Darlene in the end of Chapter 28: "Almost Home"?
(a) She is shot.
(b) She is hit by a car.
(c) She has a heart attack.
(d) She is arrested.

6. Who fires the first warning shot into the air in Chapter 23: “Gators”?
(a) Michelle.
(b) Sextus.
(c) How.
(d) Jackie.

7. The narrator says in Chapter 16: "Summerton" that How claims to have fined a worker $400 once for taking a bite from what crop that was being harvested?
(a) Limes.
(b) Green beans.
(c) Apples.
(d) Sweet potatoes.

8. Who intends to hoist all of the captives to the window to get free in Chapter 15: “Inertia”?
(a) TT.
(b) Hannibal.
(c) Michelle.
(d) Darlene.

9. How old is How when his family is deported back to Mexico?
(a) 14.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 16.

10. For what fanzine does Javis work when he begins interviewing Sirius?
(a) Fresh.
(b) New Wave.
(c) Charts.
(d) Hot.

11. Who leaps out of the car when a vehicle is encountered as the escapees make their way from Delicious Foods in Chapter 23: “Gators”?
(a) TT.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Michelle.
(d) Hammer.

12. How old has Sextus's son just turned when Sextus begins having Eddie come and watch him?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Four.

13. How does Darlene obtain Bethella's phone number?
(a) From Bethella's old postman.
(b) From Mrs. Henderson.
(c) From Bethella's ex-husband.
(d) From Bethella's old pastor.

14. Who insists that Darlene lie to Jed about his parents in Chapter 26: "Chronicle"?
(a) Hammer.
(b) Sextus.
(c) How.
(d) Scotty.

15. With what newspaper does the man in the white car say he is with Chapter 19: "The Wrong Limes"?
(a) The Chicago Tribune.
(b) The Times Picayune.
(c) The Houston Chronicle.
(d) The New York Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Elmunda and Jed move when Sextus begins his prison sentence?

2. Who does How bring with him when he returns to the barn where he ahd left Darlene and Eddie in Chapter 20: “Doing Nothing”?

3. Who comes to the barn to cut Eddie down in Chapter 21: “The Plan”?

4. Who sings the original version of "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom" that Tuck sings in Chapter 16: "Summerton"?

5. What does Jarvis compare the situation with as the group makes their way to escape in Chapter 23: “Gators”?

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