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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. Where does Jimmie hide after the saloon fight to avoid being caught?
(a) At the apartment.
(b) Under a table.
(c) In a dark corner.
(d) In the park.

2. What is the name of the companion who enters the saloon with Jimmie?
(a) Mike.
(b) David.
(c) Billie.
(d) Roger.

3. When Maggie approaches Pete in the side street, what does he tell her to do?
(a) Come back in a few hours.
(b) Meet him on Friday night.
(c) Come inside the saloon.
(d) Go away and stay away.

4. As punishment for corrupting Maggie, what does Jimmie threaten to do to Pete?
(a) Fight with him.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Report him to the police.
(d) Break his nose.

5. When Freddie offhandedly invites Maggie to leave with him, where does Maggie say she is going?
(a) Home.
(b) To look for Pete.
(c) To the saloon.
(d) Nowhere.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Maggie go to spend the night at the end of Chapter 15?

2. Who charges in to break up the saloon fight?

3. How many customers are in the saloon while Pete polishes the beer glass?

4. How do the men staring at Maggie make her feel?

5. What is Pete's condition throughout Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jimmie do when the policeman arrives to break up the saloon fight?

2. Based on the insights given in Chapter 12, how does Maggie feel about Pete? How does Pete feel about Maggie?

3. Describe the decor of the saloon where Pete works as a bartender.

4. How does Mudder treat Maggie when Maggie finally returns home? What is Maggie's reaction to Mudder's treatment?

5. Compare the attitude of the Rum Alley tenement crowd toward Maggie with the attitude Maggie had toward the "painted" women in Chapter 12.

6. How does Nellie manipulate Pete to get him to leave with her?

7. Compare Pete's attitude toward Nellie to Maggie's attitude toward Pete.

8. Why does the old woman stop Jimmie to report what she witnessed in the hallway?

9. As the fight between Jimmie and his companion and Pete progresses, a beer glass is thrown. What happens next?

10. How do Jimmie and his companion get Pete's attention after they sit down at the bar?

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