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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Big Henry begin making his rounds to collect money?
(a) Lunchtime
(b) Daylight
(c) Dusk
(d) After his rounds

2. Why does the doctor say that Big Henry should not blame Henry for the car accident?
(a) The driver was drunk
(b) The car malfunctioned
(c) Henry was inside a building when it happened
(d) The driver swerved to miss an animal and hit Henry instead

3. How does Henry's father describe his brothers?
(a) Crazy
(b) Religious zealots
(c) Alcoholics
(d) Do gooders

4. What would Henry's father use to show him magic tricks?
(a) Coins
(b) Cigarettes
(c) Toys
(d) Poker chips

5. How did Henry's mother catch his father with Edna?
(a) Watched him sneak into her house when she was running errands
(b) Hid in the trunk of the car
(c) Saw them in his delivery truck
(d) Saw them through a window

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Henry's memory take place?

2. Which of the characters stands up for Henry when a boy tries to beat him up and causes the boy to run away crying?

3. Where was Henry born?

4. Why does Henry ask his teacher when she keeps him after class the day after he learns what sex is?

5. What does Henry's father do when he arrives at the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What events transpired which led Henry to be sent to the principal's office?

2. Why won't Big Henry's dream of moving to the South Seas and never working again be realized?

3. When Frank moves away with his mother what does he send back to Henry that they continue to exchange for awhile?

4. Describe, in detail, an example of Big Henry's tendency to create scenes in public.

5. Why did Henry become obsessed with bathroom practices in kindergarten?

6. What does Henry's new teacher do with Henry's essay about the personal appearance of President Hoover?

7. How does Henry begin to be included with the neighborhood boys?

8. What happens when Henry's father drives to an orange grove to pick oranges?

9. What happens when Henry asks to be excused from dinner because he is in too much pain to eat?

10. What does Henry talk about in relation to the boys at his grammar school?

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