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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where should the route that Raleigh and Mingo are driving, in Part 2, Chapter 16, take them?
(a) To Chicago.
(b) To Atlanta.
(c) To the Carolina coast.
(d) To New Orleans.

2. What causes Raleigh and Mingo to leave the tavern in Part 2, Chapter 16?
(a) They leave with strange women.
(b) Police raid.
(c) They run out of money.
(d) A fight breaks out.

3. How do Marines help Raleigh and Mingo when they get lost while driving in Part 2, Chapter 16?
(a) They rescue them from a gator.
(b) They move the stuck car to solid ground.
(c) They offer them gold bars.
(d) They protect them in a shoot out.

4. Whose trunk is Raleigh trying to retrieve at the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 6?
(a) Tiny's.
(b) Tammy's.
(c) Tina's.
(d) Teeny's.

5. In the beginning of the novel, who is predicted to be cheated on by his spouse?
(a) Raleigh.
(b) Vera.
(c) Aura.
(d) Mingo.

6. Which engine component gives Raleigh car trouble in the Pinto in which he leaves Lovie's house?
(a) A rod.
(b) A point.
(c) A spark plug.
(d) The axel.

7. How do the people of Raleigh's hometown view the story regarding the land that he sets out to buy in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) As possible.
(b) As a myth.
(c) As fact.
(d) As irrelevant.

8. In Part 1, Chapter 5, how much money does Raleigh pay for the property he sets out to buy?
(a) $250,000
(b) $2,500.
(c) $250
(d) $25,000

9. At the end of Part 1, Chapter 7, how many of Mingo's guns does Raleigh possess?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

10. What is Holly doing when Raleigh arrives in Part 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Working on a car with a boy.
(b) Washing her car with her sister.
(c) Practicing cheerleading.
(d) Mowing her lawn.

11. Where does Mingo work?
(a) Trump Tower.
(b) Sears Building.
(c) Forbes Building.
(d) Knox-Bury clothing store.

12. Who is Raleigh's namesake?
(a) Sir Walter Raleigh.
(b) Raleigh Smithpeters, the town founder.
(c) Raleigh "Dizzy" Gillaspie.
(d) His father.

13. Who has been Raleigh's friend since childhood?
(a) Mingo.
(b) Jubal.
(c) Flonnie.
(d) Aura.

14. Who is supposed to have the trumpet that Raleigh needs to retrieve?
(a) Roxanne.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Victoria.
(d) Mingo.

15. Where do Raleigh and Mingo spend the night after hoodlums rob them in the rain?
(a) In a nice hotel.
(b) In a hospital.
(c) In a convent.
(d) In a ratty hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Raleigh enter the library in Part 1, Chapter 7?

2. When he returns to his office after buying property in Part 1, Chapter 5, who does Raleigh discover has left him a note at work?

3. What are police investigating in Part 1, Chapter 9?

4. Where is Bonnie at the end of Part 1, Chapter 5?

5. What does Earley leave for Raleigh at the hospital in Part 1:Chapter 2?

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