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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. What is Hester protesting?
(a) Being kicked out of school.
(b) Prohibition.
(c) The new headmaster.
(d) The Vietnam War.

2. What color is Owen's father's truck?
(a) Grass Green.
(b) Sunshine Yellow.
(c) Tomato Red.
(d) Dirt Brown.

3. How does Owen develop the large muscles that he has?
(a) Working in the quarry.
(b) Working out at wrestling practice.
(c) Spending time in the gym.
(d) Doing pullups in his dorm room.

4. As an adult, who is Johnny's best friend?
(a) Canon Mackie.
(b) Hester Eastman.
(c) Owen.
(d) Katherine Keeling.

5. What does Johnny not know how to do that most boys his age can?
(a) Read.
(b) Ride a bike.
(c) Swim.
(d) Play baseball.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Owen write in an attempt to coax Johnny's father out of hiding?

2. Which character carries the screaming Owen off stage?

3. How do Hester and Johnny respond to Owen's transfer?

4. Whose name does Owen think that he has seen on the gravestone?

5. For his new sport, Owen needs a partner to help him. Who does he choose?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Johnny goes to meet Owen at the monument shop?

2. As an adult, what does Johnny overhear his friend Katherine Keener's husband saying about him?

3. What does Owen look like when he is 16?

4. What did Tabitha tell the boys about her red dress?

5. What is the reaction to Mrs. Wheelwright's new television?

6. What significant events happen when Randall White is elected headmaster?

7. What is Owen's favorite skill in basketball, and how does he accomplish it?

8. How does Barb Wiggin treat Owen, and what is his reaction?

9. What does the letter that Johnny receives from the draft board say?

10. Who is Katherine Keeling?

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