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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. What motel does Howard Hughes buy in 1966?
(a) The Tims Creek Laneway.
(b) The Crosstown Inn and Motor Lodge.
(c) The Marshall Motel.
(d) The Highlane Inn.

2. What do most people called Lazarus?
(a) Russel.
(b) Rus.
(c) Ben.
(d) Lazo.

3. Who is Cicero's uncle?
(a) John Frank.
(b) Dax Cross.
(c) Michael Hatter.
(d) Winston Hughes.

4. Where is Cicero's and Jacson's vast house?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) The North Shore of Maryland.
(d) Chicago.

5. Where was Inez Cross Pickett born?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Illinois.
(c) California.
(d) Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Ed used to know who was so good at guitar he sometimes played for money?

2. What does Ed work at?

3. When did Inez Cross Pickett die?

4. Which wealthy businessperson did Jacson design a temple for?

5. Who is Lazarus's wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lazarus pursue Gina, even though he has known her her whole life and he knows she has a reputation for trouble?

2. Why does Howard Hughes buy Bradham's motel in Tim's Creek?

3. In I Thought I Heard the Shuffle of Angels' Feet, why do you think Cicero decides not to sell his family's land?

4. How does Ed Phelps's musical interaction with Idol affect him later that same day?

5. Why does Inez Cross Chasten choose not to tell her husband, ever, about Howard Hughes's proposition to her?

6. Why does Lazarus turn himself in to the police station in the first place?

7. What does a man in the street in New York City hand Ed that puts Ed off in the story When We All Get to Heaven?

8. Why does Lazarus think news of his beating J.C. Stokes will be all over town after he goes to the police station?

9. Until he beats J.C. Stokes, how does Lazarus mostly choose to deal with his wife's infidelity?

10. In the story I Thought I Heard the Shuffle of Angels' Feet, what brings Cicero and Tony together again after many years?

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