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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the doctor suggest to Marion at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) She should cut off communication with John.
(b) She should have dinner with him.
(c) She should return to Memphis.
(d) She should give up nursing.

2. What does Mrs. Woodmoore interrupt when she comes to talk to John in Chapter 12?
(a) His breakfast.
(b) His sponge bath.
(c) His painkiller dose.
(d) His agreeing to take Marion back.

3. Why do Mr. and Mrs. Woodmoore keep quiet in the house after the wounded John arrives in Chapter 11?
(a) They do not want to wake Franklin.
(b) They have experienced a shooting wound before.
(c) They are afraid the police will get called.
(d) They do not want to aggravate John's condition.

4. What does Franklin ask to do at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) To go back to Miami.
(b) To stay with John.
(c) To go to bed early.
(d) To get ice cream.

5. Why is Carl not with Taft when he dies in Chapter 12?
(a) He is in the toolshed.
(b) He is asleep.
(c) He is calling an ambulance.
(d) He refuses to touch him.

6. Who immediately accosts John when he enters Muddy's in Chapter 11?
(a) Wallace.
(b) Fay.
(c) Cyndi.
(d) Carl.

7. Why is Carl particularly angry about having his stash taken in Chapter 8?
(a) He has promised it to buyers.
(b) He smuggled it into the country personally.
(c) He is on advance.
(d) He spent all night cutting it.

8. In Chapter 10, how does Taft decide Carl will pay off the damage to the car?
(a) A job at the lumberyard.
(b) A paper route.
(c) A job at the Dairy Queen.
(d) A job at the local video store.

9. How does John say he knows Carl at the jail in Chapter 9?
(a) He is a family friend.
(b) He is his brother-in-law.
(c) He is his father.
(d) He employs him.

10. How much does the mechanic quote Taft for the damage in the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) $6,000.
(b) $ 800.
(c) $4,000.
(d) $1,500.

11. How much does the mechanic want to simply patch the car up in Chapter 10?
(a) $1,500.
(b) $400.
(c) $100.
(d) $940.

12. Why does John demand not to be taken to the hospital in Chapter 11?
(a) He thinks he will die en route.
(b) He is a Christian Scientist.
(c) He does not trust white doctor's
(d) He fears Carl will be arrested.

13. What does Fay ask of John at dinner in Chapter 9?
(a) That he fire her.
(b) That he hire Carl on.
(c) That he marry her.
(d) That he take her virginity.

14. According to Ruth, what are the Woodmoores trying to convince Marion of in Chapter 9?
(a) Giving up nursing.
(b) Taking back John.
(c) Leaving Franklin with them.
(d) Staying another week.

15. What does Carl do immediately before John kicks him out in Chapter 8?
(a) Push Fay over.
(b) Break a glass.
(c) Make a grab for his stash.
(d) Try to punch him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why, according to the mechanic in Chapter 10, will the car insurance only pay a few hundred?

2. What does Mrs. Woodmore ask John to do regarding Fay in Chapter 12?

3. Where does Carl call Muddy's from in Chapter 9?

4. Where is Taft in Chapter 12 when he has his fatal heart attack?

5. What was Carl evidently doing when he crashed the car?

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