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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. How does Sergeant Beckles live, as Jones describes it in Chapter 16?
(a) By the grace of God.
(b) By his wits.
(c) By some unknown force.
(d) By his belly.

2. Who eventually gets Tone to stop beating his friend in Chapter 23?
(a) Lala.
(b) Adan.
(c) Rishin.
(d) Ma Tone.

3. Who does Lala approach on the beach after Adan beats her in Chapter 18?
(a) Wilma.
(b) Sergeant Beckles.
(c) Tone.
(d) Grayson and Mira.

4. Who are two of Adan's friends he hangs out with after Baby's funeral?
(a) Shotta and Ragga.
(b) Fred and Hawley.
(c) Frieda and Barge.
(d) Ragga and Nebley.

5. Who comes up with the cover story that baby was kidnapped?
(a) Betsy.
(b) Tone.
(c) Adan.
(d) Wilma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lala know that some people lie about in abusive relationships?

2. Who kills Esme?

3. What is a major reason Esme does not really want to marry her fiance?

4. Where do Lala and Tone first have sex?

5. Who teaches Adan the ways of thievery?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tone feel partially responsible for Baby's death?

2. How does Mira feel after Peter's children leave with their mother, Peter's first wife?

3. Why is Sergeant Beckles so anxious to solve the mystery of Baby's death?

4. Who teaches Adan the ins and outs of a life of crime?

5. What proposition does Adan bring to Tone in Part IV?

6. Why does Tone bring Jacinthe to Lala's and Adan's house in the first place?

7. Who does Sergeant Beckles cheat on his wife with?

8. Why is Tone sent to jail as a youngster?

9. Where does Lala stumble in Part III after a particularly bad beating by Adan?

10. What is Adan fixated on, strangely, after Baby's funeral?

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