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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 Slim hide during his escape from the State Workforce?
(a) Cafeteria.
(b) Supply closet.
(c) Bathroom.
(d) Warden's office.

2. After shooting Serena, Slim runs to his mother's house and goes to find Sweet Jones. What has Sweet recently done?
(a) Gone to jail.
(b) Resumed his top pimp status in Chicago.
(c) Overdosed on drugs.
(d) Killed a man.

3. Why does Blood feel the need for a fourth prostitute?
(a) Enjoys the extra money.
(b) Finds another girl he can't resist.
(c) An uneven number is unlucky.
(d) Needs to boost his image still further.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Slim in desperate need of cash after he is released from Leavenworth?

2. While on the run from the FBI, how does Slim get busted by the police?

3. Where is Mama living in 1953?

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

5. When Slim is arrested in Montana, what is the charge?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. What prompts Runt to work harder after her return in Chapter 12?

6. Why does Leroy's arrest drive Chris to work for Blood?

7. How has Leroy been spending his years when Slim runs across him again in prison?

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

9. Why is Chris one of the few people who knows that Slim is addicted to cocaine in Chapter 13?

10. While out on bail in Chapter 16, how does Slim show his true colors as a friend to Sweet Jones and why?

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