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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter III, pgs. 242-280.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the woman in the cage consider Kidd to be so worldly?
(a) Kidd seems advanced for his years.
(b) He seems like he is very wise.
(c) She has been trapped in a cave.
(d) Because he has been to many places.

2. Why is Mrs. Richards afraid to leave her apartment, let alone Bellona?
(a) She thinks that there are gangs running rampant through the streets.
(b) She thinks she will be attacked by wild dogs.
(c) She is afraid of the air outside.
(d) She is afraid of the danger outside the apartment.

3. To whom does Lanya want to show Kidd's poems?
(a) Millie.
(b) Newboy.
(c) Calkins.
(d) Frank.

4. Why did the Richards hire Kidd in the first place?
(a) He is needy.
(b) As a companion for Mrs. Richards.
(c) They wanted to meet someone new in the neighborhood.
(d) The managment company of the apartment building never cleaned out the new apartment.

5. Why does it seem that people come to Bellona?
(a) The rents are cheap.
(b) It is a place to take a break from life.
(c) To lose themselves in nothingness.
(d) There is no law and people can do what they want.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Kidd find in an apartment on the floor below the Richards' current apartment?

2. Why does the woman think that Kidd must be older than 27?

3. Who offers Kid a job cleaning apartments at the Labry Apartments?

4. As a child, what does Kidd remember being considered?

5. Why is this Lanya's reaction?

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