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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eddie's older sister tell him about the piano?
(a) It's the most perfect instrument.
(b) It's the worst instrument.
(c) She hates her piano.
(d) She loves her piano more than Eddie.

2. What is Bobbo supposed to do for everyone else after PE is over?
(a) Hand out towels.
(b) Clean the basketballs.
(c) Sweep the gym floor.
(d) Pick up towels.

3. Who else is to attend the same high school as Eddie?
(a) Tippy and Thompson.
(b) Tom and Tim.
(c) Timmy and Tommy.
(d) Thomas and Timothy.

4. What is student placement based on in Bremmer High?
(a) Exit exam scores.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Good looks.
(d) Entrance exam scores.

5. What happens by the time Eddie's sister gets to high school?
(a) She performs with her piano locally.
(b) She wants to sell the piano.
(c) The piano is seldom played.
(d) They need to tune the piano.

6. What do the teachers practice at Bremmer High School?
(a) Beatings.
(b) Out of school suspension.
(c) Corporal punishment.
(d) In school suspension.

7. Who achieves the highest score before entering high school in Eddie's class?
(a) Timmy.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Tom.
(d) Felix.

8. Who are the Catholic boys never supposed to associate with?
(a) Public school children.
(b) Public girls.
(c) Non Catholic boys.
(d) Catholic girls.

9. What does the filth fiend have more than other boys at school?
(a) Experience with girls.
(b) An addiction to cigarettes.
(c) Knowledge of the school.
(d) A dirty mind.

10. Who are the Catholic boys supposed to set a good example for?
(a) The publics.
(b) The freshmen grils.
(c) The grammar school boys.
(d) The girls.

11. How many blocks away does Una live from Eddie?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

12. What is Bippo an alias for?
(a) Georgie Russell.
(b) Georgie Journey.
(c) George Gelby.
(d) George Right.

13. Why does Eddie begin to think the Catholic Church is sexist?
(a) Because they have not forgiven Eve.
(b) No reason.
(c) Because they see man as the supreme gender.
(d) Women cannot be priests.

14. What happens, in Chapter 4, The Beautiful World of Richard Bobbo, that embarrasses Bert?
(a) He falls mid-court in a game.
(b) Bobbo punches his jaw.
(c) He is towel-less in front of the whole school.
(d) He tries to leap through the opening of the locked cage and gets stuck.

15. How does Eddie begin to see the Catholic religion in Chapter 3, Catholic Girls?
(a) A bombarding religious practice.
(b) A religion of "don'ts."
(c) Obsessive and extreme.
(d) A religion of "do's."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eddie contemplate, in Chapter 5, My Sister was a Piano Freak, that shows the reader a change is taking place in him?

2. What makes Eddie saddened by his task, in Chapter 5, My Sister was a Piano Freak?

3. Why was the toughest teacher at Bremmer High transferred to Bremmer?

4. Why does the Catholic Church desire modest dress?

5. What happens to Eddie and Una's relationship?

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