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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are students doing in Guthrie's class?
(a) Shooting spitballs while he is in the hallway.
(b) Giving speeches.
(c) Acting out a play.
(d) Most of them are sleeping.

2. What does Ike and Bobby's mother say when the two boys check on her?
(a) She tells them she loves them very much.
(b) She tells them a story.
(c) She cries and says she never wants to see them in there again.
(d) She gives vague answers to their questions.

3. Where do Ike and Bobby go after doing their chores on Saturday morning?
(a) To help their grandfather bale hay.
(b) To collect their fees from their newspaper customers.
(c) To game arcade.
(d) To the movies.

4. What request does Ella have about Ike and Bobby?
(a) That they not be told the real reason Ella is leaving.
(b) That she can take them with her.
(c) That they go live with their maternal grandmother.
(d) That they spend the night there before she leaves.

5. With whom does Maggie Jones live?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her grandparents.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her father.

6. What does Guthrie do about Ella's request concerning Ike and Bobby?
(a) That the boys deserve the truth about her leaving.
(b) Takes them over to her house.
(c) Says she may take them with her, but they have to come back for the summers.
(d) That he can take as good care of them as Ella's mother.

7. Where does the father of Victoria's baby live?
(a) Next door to Victoria.
(b) In another town.
(c) Two houses down from Victoria.
(d) Right by the school.

8. What does Victoria ask about as far as a doctor is concerned?
(a) Why she needs to see a doctor.
(b) If there is a female doctor in town.
(c) If the fees will be very much.
(d) If a doctor will see her without her mother.

9. Who do Ike and Bobby see inside a vacant house one night?
(a) Two old bums who are drinking.
(b) A high school couple.
(c) A local drug dealer selling some cocaine.
(d) A large bobcat.

10. Where does Victoria go after leaving her home?
(a) Her grandparents' place.
(b) Tom Guthrie's place.
(c) Her boyfriend's place.
(d) Maggie Jones' home.

11. What happened to the McPheron brothers that makes Maggie say they will be understanding?
(a) They like animals.
(b) They have both raised daughters.
(c) They lost their parents when young.
(d) They have many nieces and nephews.

12. What does the student say about the length of his report when asked?
(a) He thought it was supposed to be at least 10 minutes long.
(b) He could not find any information on his topic.
(c) He tried to pare it down more.
(d) He didn't want to bore the class.

13. What does Victoria find when she gets home after work?
(a) The house is on fire.
(b) The house has been broken into.
(c) Her mother left town.
(d) She is locked out.

14. Why is it difficult for Ike and Bobby to talk with their mother?
(a) She is so apathetic.
(b) She keeps the door closed so they have to yell through it.
(c) She refuses to wear her hearing aids.
(d) She keeps crying.

15. What does Victoria's mother ask her after Victoria runs to the bathroom to vomit?
(a) If she ate something bad.
(b) If she needs to go see a doctor.
(c) If she has been drinking.
(d) If she has the flu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tom Guthrie have to see Lloyd Crowder?

2. What does Ralph Black not want the boys to do?

3. What does Raymond give each of the boys?

4. What does the female student say when Guthrie calls upon her?

5. What does Crowder say about Beckman?

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