Instructions:
The following questions are based upon the first 35 pages in the 
novel, A CHOICE OF WEAPONS.

1)
The author's name is Parker Gordon.
      True              False

2)
The story takes places during the racial problems during the 1950's 
and 1960's.
      True              False

3)
The boy and his father had a good relationship where the boy could 
talk to his father about anything.
      True              False

4)
The boy moved in with one of his sisters and a brother-in-law after 
the death of his mother.
      True              False

5)
The boy did not get his last paycheck from the diner where he 
worked for Freddie once Freddie was arrested.
      True              False

6)
Parks worked out a system with his sister to get food and drinks.
      True              False

7)
Parks got a good paying job at the Stumble Inn with regular work 
hours and pay.
      True              False

8)
After spending March in Minnesota, Parks returned to St. Paul and 
to see his poppa.
      True              False

9)
Parks got a job cleaning a very filthy place.
      True              False

10)
Parks found a gun under his pillow.
      True              False

11)
Parks' first job as a piano player was in a place that
      was in a good section of town.
      was up a lot of steps in a room lit with a red light bulb.
      was behind the diner where he bussed table.
      catered to rich people.

12)
With his paying piano job, Parks
      rented a house outside of town.
      lived in a back room.
      rented a room two doors away from his job.
      still slept on the metro bus at night to save money.

13)
Casamala was all but one of the following:
      one of Pope's girls.
      a prostitute.
      a twin.
      the accountant for Pope.

14)
After his night with Casamala and a customer had been murdered, 
Parks decided to
      take another piano job
      return to his sister's house
      enroll in school
      take the trolley to St. Paul

15)
Parks and a dog were in a confrontation over
      Park trying to enter an abandoned building to go to sleep.
      a pigeon.
      the little girl named Lottie that the dog protected.
      the barmaid who owned the dog.

16)
There was one friend to whom Parks did not lie about his 
whereabouts at nights.  At his home (George Berry), he would
      read late into the night.
      play the piano.
      be offered dinner by George Berry's mother.
      tell tales about where he had been spending his time.

17)
Parks sent a telegram to the Stumble Inn in a small town in 
Minnesota when they advertised for a
      janitor.
      teacher.
      song writer.
      piano player.

18)
The first night in the town where the Stumble Inn was, Parks spent 
the night
      with a southern girl.
      in jail.
      playing the piano all night.
      telling tales of his jobs.

19)
When Parks had a good job, he was laid off and had to quit school 
because
      the stock market crashed.
      Sally got pregnant.
      he got into a fight and ended up in jail.
      he hit a policeman.

20)
Without a job, Parks decided to
      beg for money.
      move in with one of his sisters.
      hop a freight train.
      steal.