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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Runt not like Carmen?
(a) Carmen sleeps with Slim more often.
(b) Runt feels like she's being replaced.
(c) Carmen cheated Runt out of a trick.
(d) Runt doesn't like anyone.

2. Who testifies against Slim at his federal trial?
(a) Chris and Leroy.
(b) Carmen and Runt.
(c) Runt and Ophelia.
(d) Chris and Carmen.

3. Where is Slim when Pearl Harbor is bombed?
(a) Sweet Jones' penthouse.
(b) At the Roost.
(c) Laying in bed with Runt.
(d) Getting high with Glass Top in his hotel room.

4. Sim is convicted on charges of escaping and sentenced to how long in prison?
(a) 12 months.
(b) Six months.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 11 months.

5. Blood tells Runt he has another girl working for him in another city so that Runt will do what?
(a) Work harder.
(b) Be angry.
(c) Accept drugs to cheer herself up.
(d) Cling to him.

6. Where is Mama living in 1953?
(a) California.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Minnesota.
(d) Las Vegas.

7. What particularly pleases Slim about his escape from State Workforce?
(a) Having duped white men.
(b) Breathing fresh air.
(c) Being able to find Chris.
(d) Having access to drugs again.

8. What character from Slim's past turns up in Chapter 20 as a garbageman?
(a) Glass Top.
(b) Party Time.
(c) Henry Upshaw.
(d) Steve.

9. How old is Slim when he is released from jail in Pennsylvania?
(a) 42.
(b) 47.
(c) 34.
(d) 52.

10. How much is Slim's bond when he is picked up by the police while on the run from the FBI?
(a) $40,000.
(b) $4,000.
(c) $15,000.
(d) $100,000.

11. What happens to Slim at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) Drug overdose.
(b) Beaten up.
(c) Forced to abort his plan early and run away.
(d) Arrested.

12. What does Mama ask for on her deathbed?
(a) Slim to help her die.
(b) Slim to give up his pimping lifestyle.
(c) Slim's forgiveness.
(d) Slim to get married.

13. How long is Slim's prison sentence after being found guilty on the federal charges?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 12 months.
(c) Three years.
(d) 24 months.

14. Who helps Slim in his escape from the State Workforce?
(a) Mavis.
(b) Red Eye.
(c) The warden.
(d) His young cellmate.

15. Which of Slim's relatives reappears briefly in Chapter 14?
(a) Mama.
(b) His biological father.
(c) Steve.
(d) Henry Upshaw.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Chris come to see Slim while he's on the run from the FBI?

2. What has happened to Pretty Preston since Slim ran away to hide from the FBI?

3. Where does Blood nearly get shot in the head?

4. What kind of car does Slim buy?

5. What relative is newly introduced after Slim's escape from State Workforce?

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