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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. Which of the choices listed, is NOT how Lily described Del to Claude?
(a) He didn't like blacks.
(b) He was a yokel.
(c) He didn't like big words.
(d) He was harmless.

2. What month is it in the Prologue?
(a) August.
(b) June.
(c) September.
(d) October.

3. What hides the spotter's car in the parking lot?
(a) Trash bins.
(b) Light poles.
(c) Wax myrtles.
(d) Hibiscus.

4. What does Marshall need Lily to do on the first day that the reader meets her?
(a) Open the gym.
(b) Clean his apartment.
(c) Go to the police station.
(d) Make him a meal.

5. Why does Janet want to know if Marshall and Lily are "a locked in thing"?
(a) Janet is interested in Marshall.
(b) Janet's friend wants to date Marshall.
(c) Janet is nosey.
(d) Janet writes a love column for the town newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Del think of Lily Bard as he prepares for the competition?

2. Why does Lily jump into The Fight?

3. Where does the spotter put the gloves after the deed is over?

4. What advice did Mr. Winthrop give Del shortly before his death?

5. When was the last time that the spotter and Del had spoken before the spotter joins him the evening Del dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and by whom is Del's body discovered?

2. What are Lily's thoughts concerning the death of Del from the moment she finds him? How do her thoughts change as the chapter progresses?

3. How does Bobo react when Lily comes to karate class on the night that Raphael has returned?

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

5. What is the spotter's thought process before leaving the gym after killing Del?

6. What is the relationship between Marshall and Lily?

7. As the novel opens, what is Del doing and where is he?

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

9. Where do Claude and Lily go after her karate class, and what does Claude tell Lily?

10. Who is the man that Deedra is having an affair with, and what does Lily think that he is thinking?

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