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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pete ask Henry to do so he can be with Lilly?
(a) Bring Baldy to protect Pete from Lilly's dad
(b) Stand watch while they do it in an old car behind the shop
(c) Walk Lilly home so that she is safe
(d) Beat up Wagoner for him

2. What does Big Henry become obsessed with and talk incessantly about?
(a) The war
(b) Henry's acne
(c) The ROTC
(d) His job

3. What does one of the boys tell Henry happens to him each time he brings home an F?
(a) Has to sleep outside
(b) Beats him with a razor strap
(c) Makes him beg for a retest
(d) Pulls out a fingernail

4. What happens during the mock war exercises?
(a) One member always quits or dies
(b) Henry's team always loses
(c) Blood is always shed
(d) Both sides claim to win

5. What does a typical day in Henry's imagination of his 'good life' look like?
(a) Work, eat, sleep
(b) Work, come home, have sex, go to sleep
(c) Work, come home alone, drink himself to sleep
(d) Lay around all day, sleep

6. Who does Coach Wagoner say will be his next challenge to a fight?
(a) Harry
(b) Morris
(c) Arnie
(d) Henry

7. Who gives Henry the finger on graduation day?
(a) Jimmy
(b) Clare
(c) Abe
(d) Monty

8. What does Henry do to get 100 demerits from Wagoner?
(a) Smoking
(b) Fighting
(c) Drinking
(d) Loitering

9. Why does Henry put out a lot of job applications?
(a) He is forced to by Big Henry
(b) He needs money
(c) He doesn't want to live at home
(d) He wants to find a job with his friends

10. How does Harry escape from Henry when Henry threatens him?
(a) Points over Henry's shoulder
(b) Calls Miss Gredis to help him
(c) Beats Henry Up
(d) Cowers in the hall

11. What does his last follow-up doctor tell Henry to drink to help with the acne and boils?
(a) Cranberry juice
(b) Carrot juice
(c) Blueberry juice
(d) Vegetable juice

12. What does Arnie Whitechapel do to convince the shop teacher to let them watch movies about rebuilding engines?
(a) Tells dirty jokes
(b) Threatens to beat him up
(c) Destroys the equipment in the room
(d) Shows him that he already knows how to do it

13. Henry says that his seventh grade football team used games against the eight and ninth graders as an opportunity for ___________.
(a) Learning new skills
(b) Skipping classes
(c) Violence
(d) Chance to meet girls

14. Why doesn't Henry go to the doctor anymore?
(a) Henry refuses to go to the doctor again
(b) Big Henry doesn't believe in paying doctors
(c) Big Henry won't let Henry go to the doctor's anymore
(d) Doctors will not treat him any longer

15. Which word describes how Henry feels about the signs he shows of his battle with Gibson?
(a) Ashamed
(b) Proud
(c) Admonished
(d) Surprised

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Henry take ROTC again?

2. Why does Henry get in trouble on his first trip when he arrives to do the restocking?

3. Which of the following is not true about Harry?

4. Where does Henry go everyday once he returns to school?

5. What opinion does Henry have about most of the maneuvers in ROTC?

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