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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lutie believe lies ahead for Bub since being taken away by the postal investigators?
(a) She thinks this will lead him to join a gang.
(b) She thinks he'll be sent to a reform school.
(c) She thinks this will all blow over.
(d) She thinks he'll have to go live with his father.

2. How does Jones behave with Min after seeing the postman?
(a) He's more talkative than usual.
(b) He's a bit meaner than usual.
(c) He's extremely affectionate.
(d) He is unusually friendly.

3. Why wasn't Mrs. Hedges arrested when Jones reported her activities to the police?
(a) The police viewed Jones as a crazy man who was making false allegations.
(b) Because Mrs. Hedges was thought to be too old to run a whorehouse.
(c) Because of her connections to Junto.
(d) The police did not have enough evidence to make an arrest.

4. What does Mrs. Hedges recall when Lutie leaves her apartment?
(a) The fire and her life before it.
(b) The message she was supposed to give Lutie.
(c) That Min is alone in the apartment with Jones.
(d) That she has a dish in the oven.

5. What conflicting impulses does Lutie experience after hearing Junto's stipulations about the money?
(a) She wants to a hum a tune and kill a man at the same time.
(b) She wants to be with both Junto and Boots.
(c) She wants to both run away from and be consoled by Boots.
(d) She wants to laugh and cry at once.

6. How does Min describe her lonely bed?
(a) She says it is unwelcoming.
(b) She says it is cold and hard.
(c) She says it seems to have grown in size.
(d) She says it seems to have shrunk, like the rest of the apartment.

7. How does Bub react to Jones' proposal for making some extra money?
(a) He's uncomfortable with it and says he's not interested.
(b) He's happy to help and agrees to begin immediately.
(c) He says he has to ask his mother before committing to anything.
(d) He promises to sleep on it and get back to Jones the next day.

8. What does Lutie plan to do after the situation with the postal investigators and Bub is resolved?
(a) Move away and get a job working for a family that will allow Bub to live with her in the home.
(b) Throw him a welcome back party.
(c) Move into the basement with Jones.
(d) Punish him for three months.

9. How do the women in the street treat Jones?
(a) They holler at him to get himself together.
(b) They don't pay any attention to him.
(c) They wave and ask him to walk them home.
(d) They smile at his presence.

10. How does Min mark the change in Jones' behavior since Lutie surfaced?
(a) Min thinks that Jones' behavior took a turn for the worse when he got his dog.
(b) Min says Jones has behaved badly since Mrs. Hedges denied him access to her apartment.
(c) Min says that since Lutie has paid her deposit, Jones has not acted the same.
(d) Min says that Jones has behaved badly since last winter.

11. What does Mr. Crosse tell Lutie after hearing her sing?
(a) He tells Lutie he can get her a job making 75.00 a week.
(b) He tells Lutie she doesn't have much talent.
(c) He tells Lutie she is the most beautiful woman he's ever seen.
(d) He tells Lutie he'll give her free lessons.

12. What idea for making money does Jones present to Bub?
(a) He tells Bub that he needs help figuring out a way to propose to Lutie.
(b) He tells Bub he can make money from the police by monitoring mail.
(c) He tells Bub he can make some extra money for his mom by delivering the neighbor's mail.
(d) He tells Bub that he wants to hire him as his assistant.

13. What does Bub plan to do with the money he's earned from the mail scheme?
(a) Buy himself a new pair of shoes.
(b) Do some grocery shopping for the house.
(c) Buy Lutie a gift.
(d) Go see a movie.

14. Which statement best describes the relationship between Junto and Boots?
(a) Junto is responsible for Boots' lifestyle and can easily take it away.
(b) Junto and Boots are best friends.
(c) Boots resents Junto's success.
(d) Junto uses Boots to achieve credibility in the neighborhood.

15. How do the neighborhood people feel when Bub is taken away by the postal investigators?
(a) They experience a sense of loss, a sense of defeat.
(b) They rejoice that the hoodlum is gone.
(c) They wonder about his fate.
(d) They are indifferent to his departure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What impression is Lutie left with after she explains her predicament to Boots and leaves his apartment building?

2. How was Mrs. Hedges affected by the fire?

3. What does Jones believe about the cross hanging over Min's bed?

4. How does Bub get out of Miss Rinner's class?

5. What does Mrs. Hedges tell Jones about Min's whereabouts after Min has been seen with the pushcart man?

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