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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. After Mama's death Slim decides on a new path in life. What does he want to do?
(a) Make a positive contribution.
(b) Retire.
(c) Teach school.
(d) Work for a charity.

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

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

4. What would be the likely ending to Slim's pimping lifestyle?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Death in jail.
(c) Drug overdose.
(d) Death on the streets.

5. Why is Iceberg Slim's, or "Slim's," coke habit a secret?
(a) It may be perceived as a weakness.
(b) He doesn't want to get arrested.
(c) He doesn't want Runt to know.
(d) He thinks it doesn't fit his image.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Slim held after being picked up by the police while on the run from the FBI?

2. Who does Slim team up with to execute his plan after getting out of Leavenworth?

3. Who brings Blood his breakfast at the beginning of Chapter 12?

4. How much weight has Slim gained since quitting drugs?

5. After leaving Leavenworth, Slim returns to Chicago. What is his first plan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What consequences to others does Slim fail to consider before or mention after his escape in Chapter 18?

2. Why does Blood begin to feel like a real pimp in Chapter 13?

3. What does the sewer in the chapter 15 title refer to?

4. When Slim meets his biological father again in Chapter 14, what difference becomes clear between his father's treatment and his mother's treatment in Slim's decision to become a pimp?

5. Slim's story about the State Workforce seems a little light on truth in Chapter 18. What are some elements that seem perhaps questionable?

6. How does Slim's reliance on drugs catch up with him in the end of chapter 15?

7. How is Slim working and spending his days now that he's off the drugs and living in Seattle in Chapter 21?

8. Twice in Chapter 19, Slim turns to family for help. To whom does he go and for what?

9. Slim has two near-murder experiences in Chapter 20. Who does he nearly kill, how and why doesn't he?

10. Why is image, represented by material things, so important to a pimp?

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