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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much is Kidd supposed to be paid for cleaning the apartment?
(a) $10/hour.
(b) $7/hour.
(c) $5/hour.
(d) $8/hour.

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

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

4. Who offers Kid a job cleaning apartments at the Labry Apartments?
(a) Calkins.
(b) Tak.
(c) Lanya.
(d) Madame Brown.

5. At the beginning of Chapter IV, where does Tak find Kidd?
(a) Making breakfast in the apartment complex.
(b) Staggering outside the bar.
(c) Running away from the scorpions.
(d) Outside a house, laying on the ground.

6. Why is Kidd attacked and beat up by "scorpions?"
(a) He steals food from them.
(b) He insults them.
(c) He is walking alone through a bad neighborhood.
(d) He threatens them.

7. Where does Kidd believe he has been held for some time, but cannot quite remember?
(a) A mental hospital.
(b) A half way house.
(c) A prison.
(d) His mother's home.

8. Into what apartment will the Richards be moving?
(a) An apartment across the street.
(b) An apartment across town.
(c) An apartment on the 19th floor.
(d) An apartment on the top floor.

9. Whose address does Lanya give Kidd?
(a) Lanya's.
(b) George Harrison.
(c) Roger Calkins.
(d) Tak.

10. After Kidd is finished cleaning, what do the Richards give him?
(a) A place to sleep.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Some clothes.
(d) A bath.

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

12. As a child, what does Kidd remember being considered?
(a) British.
(b) Native American.
(c) Italian.
(d) Indian.

13. In the public bathroom, who does Kidd find?
(a) Eddy hiding from his parents.
(b) Bunny, a small animal.
(c) Lanya angry with him.
(d) Pepper, a sick scorpion.

14. What is Calkins house like?
(a) A large house/compound.
(b) A shack.
(c) Very close to the bar.
(d) Another apartment complex.

15. What does Kidd think the reason for Bobby's death may have been?
(a) Eddy told June to kill Bobby.
(b) Bobby gave June the poster of Harrison.
(c) Bobby was spying on the scorpions.
(d) Bobby tried to hurt June. She acted in self defense.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mr. Richards arrives home, who is still with Mrs. Richards?

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

3. What is the first line of the novel Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany?

4. What does Kidd begin to think about his writing and poetry?

5. From the discussion at the bar regarding the riots, it becomes clear that _____

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