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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 teaches Blood the sexual tricks he will continue to use later in his pimping career?
(a) Pepper.
(b) Mama.
(c) Weeping Shorty.
(d) Pepper's husband.

2. Who does Blood meet for the first time, his first night at the Roost?
(a) Sweet Jones.
(b) The owner of the Roost.
(c) Poison.
(d) Runt's ex-husband.

3. Why did Bobby and his family (biological mother and father) leave Chicago?
(a) Because his mother caught his father cheating with another woman.
(b) Because his mother caught his father stealing from their workplace.
(c) Because his mother was in trouble with her boss.
(d) Because his father was in trouble with the police.

4. Why can't Blood gets what he needs at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Glass Top is out of town.
(b) The neighbors are being too loud.
(c) Sweet Jones isn't taking visitors.
(d) Runt is already out working.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Bobby gets out of Reformatory, where is Mama working?

3. Who is Pretty Preston?

4. What is different about his meeting with Runt after her night's work in Chapter 7?

5. What does Blood go back to his car to do after his first encounter with Sweet Jones?

Short Essay Questions

1. Like many of the chapters, the title of Chapter 6, "Drilling for Oil" may have multiple meanings. What are two possible interpretations of the "Oil" that Slim is drilling for?

2. How does it speak to Blood's salesmanship that he is able to score Runt as his own working girl after such a short period of time?

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

6. Apart from a beating, what does Sweet Jones provide for Blood during their first meeting?

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

8. What is the essence of the "cop and blow" scheme in Chapter 10?

9. How is Pretty Preston used as a foil for Sweet Jones?

10. Why does Runt's failure to return after the wire beating prompt Blood to think about calling Mama in Chapter 11?

(see the answer keys)

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