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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. Which company owned all of Hughes's real estate?
(a) Sky Holdings.
(b) Summa Corporation.
(c) February Summer.
(d) Mission Stated.

2. What sport did Tony and Cicero used to participate in together in high school?
(a) Track.
(b) Football.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Tennis.

3. What city is Ed Phelps exploring in the story When We All Get to Heaven?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York City.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) Philadelphia.

4. What does the police chief tell Lazarus about why he came to see him?
(a) The police chief will help Lazarus get rid of Stokes's body.
(b) The police chief is going to let Lazarus go.
(c) The police chief has to charge Lazarus.
(d) The police chief has to notify Stokes's family about the crime.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which university did Jacson and Cicero both attend?

2. What career does the narrator of The Eternal Glory That Is Ham Hocks leave in order to become a chef?

3. What university did the narrator of The Eternal Glory That Is Ham Hocks quit in order to pursue a career in the culinary arts?

4. Who does the police chief tell Lazarus his story has somehow reminded him of?

5. What does Ed usually wear that most other men do not wear?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lazarus start to feel after beginning to beat J.C. Stokes?

2. Why does Lazarus Barden II beat J.C. Stokes in the story Ain't No Sunshine?

3. 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?

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

5. How does Ed get caught up in Billy Idol's entourage?

6. How does Cicero feel about his uncle, Dax Cross?

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

8. How do the bystanders in the grocery store react when Lazarus beats up J.C. Stokes?

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

10. Why does Ed Phelps go to the Carnegie Deli in the story When We All Get to Heaven?

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