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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. Who introduces professional pimping into Blood's life?
(a) Diamond Cat.
(b) Golden Jive.
(c) Iceberg Slim.
(d) Weeping Shorty.

2. What is Runt doing when Blood returns from Sweet Jones' penthouse at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Smoking marijuana.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Drinking heavily.
(d) Crying in the bathroom.

3. Who does Blood decide can get him a positive introduction to Sweet Jones so he can get what he wants from him?
(a) Poison.
(b) Glass Top.
(c) The owner of the Roost.
(d) Runt.

4. Sweet Jones saves Blood from getting "bested" by which prostitute?
(a) Red Ginger.
(b) Red Cora.
(c) Blue Shirl.
(d) Black Dora.

5. After Bobby's father leaves and Mama must make ends meet, how much does a hairstyle from Mama cost?
(a) One nickel.
(b) Fifty cents.
(c) One dollar.
(d) Twenty cents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before marrying a rich man, what was Pepper doing?

2. How does what happens to Oscar affect Bobby's later actions in prison?

3. Prior to abandoning the family, what was the job of Bobby's father at the hotel?

4. Where/How is Bobby's Mama working when he comes home from University?

5. Where do Blood and Melody go after they meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Steve is never given a last name. What might be some reasons for this in the author's mind?

2. How does the IQ test Blood receives from his parole officer change his life in Chapter 3?

3. How does Blood's experience with Pepper instill in him a desire for money?

4. Blood gets up on his second day in Chicago and immediately gets high before going out for the night in Chapter 7. How does this sequence of events foreshadow a potential for backfire in Blood's plan to befriend Glass Top to get to Sweet Jones?

5. In Chapter 4, what might be described as the final exam for graduation to full pimp status for Blood?

6. Why does Bobby/Slim say that from a pimp's perspective, looking back, Steve was an idiot and played the game with Mama all wrong?

7. Bobby accepts the invitation to attend Tuskegee University initially and only leaves when kicked out for bad behavior. How is Bobby's decision to attend college indicative of his frame of mind at this age?

8. Another good name for Chapter 2 might be "Down a Dark Alley." What are three ways in which this name would be appropriate?

9. What is one of Slim's secrets to success for pimping in Chicago?

10. Describe the con that Party Time and Bobby work on white men.

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