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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. What is the name of Darlene and Eddie's landlord in Chapter 6: "Your Own Cord"?
(a) Kendall Wilson.
(b) April Woods.
(c) Nacho Vasquez.
(d) Mark Squire.

2. Who brings up the idea of the barn by the depot as a quarantine in Chapter 12: "Obeah Juju"?
(a) Sextus.
(b) Jackie.
(c) Gaspard.
(d) How.

3. How old is the woman who is the drunk driver that hits and injures Tuck?
(a) 42.
(b) 19.
(c) 34.
(d) 49.

4. What is Darlene described as standing in front of in the picture that Eddie takes to the streets looking for her with in Chapter 6: "Your Own Cord"?
(a) The Empire State building.
(b) The Eiffel Tower.
(c) A Christmas tree.
(d) A new car.

5. What is Eddie's last name?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Hardison.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Martin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Darlene get her first job after her husband dies?

2. How much does the narrator say a mini-bottle of Popov costs at the depot in Chapter 9: “An Improvement”?

3. How much money does Eddie find in the wallet in the Prologue: "Little Muddy"?

4. Who is the bandleader of the band that Tuck had played with?

5. What is the job that Darlene and the men are bused on the farm to do in Chapter 7: “Who is Delicious?”

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Nat and Darlene move to Ovis? How is this setting described?

2. What encounter is described between Eddie and Nacho Vasquez in Chapter 6: “Your Own Cord”?

3. How are the workers' wages at Delicious described in Chapter 9: “An Improvement”?

4. How does Eddie manage to track down Bethella in the Prologue: "Little Muddy"?

5. What led to Darlene's teeth being knocked out in Chapter 1: “Braindancing”?

6. What do Darlene's yellow shoes come to represent symbolically to her?

7. Where does Darlene encounter Jackie? How does Jackie convince Darlene to get in the minivan?

8. How does Sirius escape in Chapter 9: “An Improvement”?

9. Where does Tuck say Darlene had gone when speaking to Eddie in Chapter 10: “Drunken Bum Knows”?

10. What is revealed about Tuck's past in Chapter 12: “Obeah Juju”?

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