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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Portia tell her father about Willie?
(a) Willie eloped with a woman Portia didn't like.
(b) Willie got in a fight and cut a man with a razor.
(c) Willie ran off with the wife of another man.
(d) Willie was beaten up and in the hospital.

2. What has Jake Blount been so upset about, even before he came to this town?
(a) The way he has to work to eat.
(b) He doesn't have enough beer to drink.
(c) The long hours he has to work at the Sunny Dixie Show.
(d) The few rich people versus the many poor.

3. What does Willie tell Biff Brannon happened to Jake Blount after he left the cafe?
(a) Jake was in a fight with two white men.
(b) Jake was beating his fists against a wall.
(c) Jake was fighting with the police.
(d) Jake had been arrested for fighting.

4. Why does Portia suddenly take up drinking and arrive at her father's house drunk?
(a) She and Highboy could not pay their rent and had to move.
(b) Willie had both feet sawed off.
(c) She lost her job.
(d) Her husband left her for another woman.

5. Who does Mick "prom with" at her party?
(a) Spareribs.
(b) Bubber.
(c) Sucker Wells.
(d) Harry Minowitz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mick doing in her brother's room that upset her?

2. What does Jake do after he trashes his ruined overalls?

3. What religion does Harry tell Mick he was?

4. What does Harry confess to Mick in Part 2, Chapter 9?

5. What about Jake Blount seems to stand out most to Brannon?

(see the answer key)

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