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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. What is Lily's relationship with Claude?
(a) He is her neighbor who wants a relationship.
(b) Neighbors only.
(c) Colleagues.
(d) Friends.

2. What does Bobo do to Lily when he sees her again at karate class?
(a) He walks her over to the bench where they found Del.
(b) He throws her to the floor in a karate move.
(c) He gives her a karate chop.
(d) He lifts her up by her waist.

3. What does Lily reserve Wednesdays for in her job?
(a) Unusual jobs like mowing lawns.
(b) Cleaning her own apartment.
(c) Changing linens.
(d) Errands.

4. Who jumps into The Fight with Lily?
(a) Carlton.
(b) Claude.
(c) Todd.
(d) A marine.

5. What extreme trick has Del done to help him in the competition?
(a) He has removed every piece of body hair.
(b) He has had light weight body suits made for him.
(c) He has dehydrated himself.
(d) He has eaten only baked potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of neighborhood was Mookie's house in?

2. Where was Beanie Winthrop most likely to be found during the day?

3. What hides the spotter's car in the parking lot?

4. How did Lily get the job to clean the public areas of the apartment complex that Claude lives in?

5. What is Claude doing in his car while he was waiting for Lily to come home at the beginning of Chapter Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Deedra ask Lily to do? Why does Lily refuse?

2. What is Bobo's connection to the town of Shakespeare?

3. What does the reader learn about Shakespeare from Raphael Roundtree?

4. Who is the narrator of the story, and what type of person is she?

5. What has Howell and company brought home that Lily sees him bring into the house? What does he leave behind that annoys Lily? What might these two things mean?

6. Who is Darcy Orchard and how does he treat Lily?

7. Why are the three murders that have taken place recently in Shakespeare suspicious to Lily?

8. What kind of a physical character is Del Packard?

9. Who is the new woman in town? What is she doing there? How do others react to her at the gym?

10. Where is Claude when Lily arrives home from work at the end of her day, and what do they discover together?

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